Family workouts may boost brain power: study tests Mother-Child exercise effects on cognition

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria * Adult participant is a mother or female primary caregiver aged 18 years or older. * Child participant is at least 3 years of age. * Mother and child are willing to participate together as a dyad. * Mother and child are able to understand and speak English. * Mother and child are willing to attend two study visits at a participating community fitness facility. * Mother and child are able to safely participate in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity as determined by health screening procedures. * Mother is willing to provide informed consent and child is willing to provide assent when appropriate. Exclusion Criteria \*Mother\* * Pregnancy at the time of participation. * Any cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal, or other medical condition that would make exercise unsafe. * Current injury or physical limitation preventing participation in exercise. * History of seizure disorder or other condition that may interfere with EEG assessment. * Inability to complete study procedures or wear EEG equipment. \*Child\* * Medical condition, injury, or physical limitation that would make participation in exercise unsafe. * Neurological condition or developmental disorder that would prevent completion of study procedures, as determined by the parent and study team. * History of seizure disorder or other condition that may interfere with EEG assessment. * Inability to tolerate wearing the EEG headset or complete study procedures. \*Dyad\* * Either the mother or child is unable or unwilling to complete both study visits. * Either participant has a contraindication to exercise identified during screening. * Either participant has a condition that, in the opinion of the investigators, would make participation unsafe or compromise data quality.