The Effect Of Tai Chi Training On The Executive Function Of The Elderly

Executive function refers to the coordination of various cognitive processes, to ensure that the cognitive system is flexible and optimized to achieve a specific goal. In our life and study, as long as we need to complete a task requires cognitive participation,we need the attention to task relevant information, from the memory of the extraction of relevant information, to them for processing and integration, and make the final judgment and decision, these are the executive function, it for us to effectively complete a task has an important influence.Research purposes: Taijiquan is Chinese traditional sports and fitness items, very suitable for the elderly daily exercise, a lot of research explores the Taijiquan fitness function and mechanism, and its mental health function, especially on the implementation of the function of lack of research evidence. Therefore, this article will explore the effect of Taijiquan on the executive function of the elderly through the experimental method.Research methods: select 230 ~ 70 year old questionnaire and divided into four groups: expert group, exercise group, exercise control group and exercise group,respectively, of Moca test, the Stroop test, the N-back test, Task-switch test and analysis of the implementation of the overall function and the sub function.Results:(1) Moca test: the average score of the expert group and the exercise group were higher than that of the control group and the exercise group, and there were significant differences.(2) Stroop test: the accuracy of the expert group and exercise group were greater than the exercise control group and exercise group and there was significant difference; the response of the expert group and exercise group were faster to exercise control group and exercise group, but there is no significant difference.(3)N-back test: the accuracy of the expert group and exercise group were greater than theexercise control group and exercise group and there was significant difference; lack of exercise group responses to be better than the other groups, but with other groups does not exist significant differences.(4) Task-switch test: the correct rate of the expert group was higher than that of the control group and the exercise group, and there was a significant difference; the reaction time of the motion control group was better than other groups.Conclusion:(1) Taijiquan exercise can improve the overall executive function of the elderly.(2) Taijiquan exercise can improve the accuracy of the function of the elderly, but it has no positive effect on the processing speed.(3) Taijiquan exercise can improve the correct degree of the old people, but it has no positive effect on the processing speed of the refresh function.(4) Taijiquan exercise can improve the accuracy of the conversion function of the elderly, but the processing speed of the conversion function does not have a positive impact.