@article{ref1,
title="The physical sacrifice of thinking: Investigating the relationship between thinking and physical activity in everyday life",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2015",
author="McElroy, Todd and Dickinson, David L. and Stroh, Nathan and Dickinson, Christopher A.",
volume="21",
number="8",
pages="1750-1757",
abstract="Physical activity level is an important contributor to overall human health and obesity. Research has shown that humans possess a number of traits that influence their physical activity level including social cognition. We examined whether the trait of &quot;need for cognition&quot; was associated with daily physical activity levels. We recruited individuals who were high or low in need for cognition and measured their physical activity level in 30-second epochs over a 1-week period. The overall findings showed that low-need-for-cognition individuals were more physically active, but this difference was most pronounced during the 5-day work week and lessened during the weekend.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105314565827",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105314565827"
}