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Matthew Pontifex
Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
pontifex@msu.edu
http://education.msu.edu/kin/hbcl/
126E IM Circle
517-432-5105
Matthew Pontifex's primary research interest is in the area of developmental neurocognitive kinesiology, examining the relation between health-oriented behaviors and higher-order cognitive function during preadolescence; and the application of these health-oriented behaviors as a means for improving cognitive health, academic performance and overall effective functioning during maturation. To date, his examination of these relationships has utilized both behavioral and neuroelectric measures to focus on the influence of acute as well as chronic aspects of physical activity upon developmental neurocognition, with a particular interest in the modulation of cognitive control. Future research will continue to investigate how aspects of health-oriented behaviors modulate the maturation of neural networks underlying aspects of cognitive control in the normal preadolescent population as well as within children suffering from cognitive and attentional disorders.
Areas of Expertise:
Educational Psychology
Kinesiology