Publications

*Names in bold denote current/previous lab members

In preparation

• *Barber, T., *Turtle, E., & Hsieh, S. S. The association of childhood traumatic experience with adulthood anxiety symptoms: exploring the mediators. (*authors contributed equally)

• Dacorro-Poole, L., Jen Bruno, J., Elveda Gozdas, E., Kuo, H. I., Logan, N., Hosseini, H., & Hsieh, S. S. The associations of ADHD and habitual physical activity with inhibitory control in children: data from the ABCD study.

• Pugh, R., Fatima, Q., & Hsieh, S. S. Effects of physical activity on core symptom severity of ADHD and sleep quality: a systematic review.

Accepted/In press

• Hsieh, S. S., Bala, A., Layzell, K., Fatima, Q., Pushparajah, C., Maguire, R. K., Chen, Y. C., Finlayson, G., & Allgrove, J. E. (In press). Moderate-to-vigorous and light-intensity aerobic exercise yield similar effects on food rewards, appetitive responses, and energy intake in physically inactive adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

• Hsieh, S. S., McGowan, A. L., Chandler, M. C., & Pontifex, M. B. (In press) Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise facilitates processing speed involving inhibitory control but not neuroelectric index of control process and cognitive integration. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 

Published

• Hsieh, S. S., Tian, Y., Cheng, C. Y., & Chen, Y. C. (2025). Systematic review on the effects of exercise with and without breakfast consumption on cognitive performance in adults. BMC Psychology, 13: 29.

• Hsieh, S. S. (2024). Healthy body – healthy mind? Does exercise benefit people with ADHD? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 65, 1659-1661. 

• Hsieh, S. S., Kao, S. C., Raine, L. B., Lloyd, K. M., Pontifex, M. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2024). Acute bouts of aerobic exercise do not modulate task-evoked midfrontal theta oscillations in school-age children. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 8, 9-20.

• Tsai, Y. J., Chueh, T. Y., Garrido Catalán, D., Hsieh, S. S., & Hung, T. M. (2024). Effects of acute aerobic exercise with self-selected music on working memory and alpha oscillation. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 22, 1352-1371. 

• Ling, C. C.,  Hsieh, S. S., Huang, C. J., Kao S. C., Chang, Y. K., & Hung, T. M. (2023). The unique contribution of motor ability to visuospatial working memory in school-age children: evidence from event-related potentials. Psychophysiology, 60: e14182.

• Kao, S. C., Tsai, Y. J., Hsieh, S. S., Chen, I. F., Schimtt, S., & Hung, T. M. (2022). The relationship of muscular endurance and coordination and dexterity with behavioral and neuroelectric indices of attention in preschool children. Scientific Reports, 12: 7059. 

• Chueh, T. Y., Hsieh, S. S., Tsai, Y. J., Yu, C. L., Hung, C. L., Benzing, V., Schmidt, M., Chang, Y. K., Hillman, C. H., & Hung, T. M. (2022). Effects of a single bout of moderate- to vigorous physical activity on executive functions in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 58: 102097.

• Hsieh, S. S., Raine, L. B., Ortega, F. B., & Hillman, C. H. (2022). The role of chronic physical activity in alleviating the detrimental relationship of childhood obesity on brain and cognition. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 6, 248-271.

• Chueh, T. Y., Hsieh, S. S., Tsai, Y. J., Yu, C. L., Huang, C. J., & Hung, T. M. (2021). The relationship between internalizing problems and acute exercise duration in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the role of frontal alpha asymmetry. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 118: 104063.

• Tsai, Y. J., Hsieh, S. S., Huang, C. J., & Hung, T. M. (2021). Dose-response effects of acute aerobic exercise intensity on inhibitory control in children with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15: 617596.

• Lin, T. Y., Hsieh, S. S., Chueh, T. Y., Huang, C. J., & Hung, T. M. (2021). The effects of barbell resistance exercise on information processing speed and conflict-related ERP in older adults: a crossover randomized controlled trial. Scientific Reports, 11: 9137.

• Ai, J., Chen, F. T., Hsieh, S. S., Kao, S. C., Chen, A. G., Hung, T. M., & Chang, Y. K. (2021). The effect of acute high-intensity interval training on executive function: a systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18: 3593.

• Raine, L. B., McDonald, K. M., Shigeta, T. T., Hsieh, S. S., Hunt, J., Chiarlitti, N., Lim, M., Gebhardt, K., Collins, N., De Lisio, M., Mullen, S., Kramer, A. F., & Hillman, C. H. (2021). Sympathetic nervous system and exercise affects cognition in youth (SNEACY): protocol. Trials, 22: 154.

• Ling, C. C., Hsieh, S. S., Chang, Y. K., Huang, C. J., Hillman, C. H., & Hung, T. M. (2021). Up-regulation of proactive control is associated with beneficial effects of a childhood gymnastics program on response preparation and working memory. Brain and Cognition, 149: 105695.

• Hsieh, S. S., Chueh, T. Y., Huang, C. J., Kao, S. C., Hillman, C. H., Chang, Y. K., & Hung, T. M. (2021). Systematic review of the acute and chronic effects of high-intensity interval training on executive function across the lifespan. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39, 10-22.

• Yu, C. L., Hsieh, S. S., Chueh, T. Y., Huang, C. J., Hillman, C. H., & Hung, T. M. (2020). The effects of acute aerobic exercise on inhibitory control and resting-state heart rate variability in children with ADHD. Scientific Reports, 10: 19958.

• Hsieh, S. S., Chueh, T. Y., Morris, T. P., Kao, S. C., Westfall, D. R., Raine, L. B., Hopman, R. J., Pontifex, M. B., Castelli, D. M., Kramer, A. F., & Hillman, C. H. (2020). Greater childhood cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with better top-down cognitive control: a midfrontal theta oscillation study. Psychophysiology, 57: e13678.

• Tsai, Y. J., Huang, C. J., Hung, C. L., Kao, S. C., Lin, C. F., Hsieh, S. S., & Hung, T. M. (2020). Muscular and motor fitness, and processing speed in preschool children. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 17, 415-431.

• Yu, C. L., Chueh, T. Y., Hsieh, S. S., Tsai, Y. J., Hung, C. L., Huang, C. J., Wu, C. T., & Hung, T. M. (2019). Motor competence moderates relationship between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and resting EEG in children with ADHD. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 17: 100302.

• Hsieh, S. S., Tsai, J. R., Chang, S. H., Ho, J. Y., Chen, J. F., Chen, P. H., Sung, Y. T., & Hung, T. M. (2019). The subject-dependent, cumulative, and recency association of aerobic fitness with academic performance in Taiwanese junior high school students. BMC Pediatrics, 19: 25.

• Hsieh, S. S., Huang, C. J., Wu, C. T., Chang, Y. K., & Hung, T. M. (2018). Acute exercise facilitates the N450 inhibition marker and P3 attention marker during Stroop test in young and older adults. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7: 391.

• Hsieh, S. S., Tsai, J. R., Chang, S. H., Cheng, C. F., Sung, Y. T, & Hung, T. M. (2018). The relations between 3-year changes in physical fitness and academic performance in nationally representative sample of junior high school students. Scientific Reports, 8: 15978.

• Hsieh, S. S., Fang, D., Tsai, H., Chang, Y. K., Huang, C. J., & Hung, T. M. (2018). Differences in working memory as a function of physical activity in children. Neuropsychology, 32, 797-808.

• Hsieh, S. S., Ling, C. C., Chang, Y. K., Huang, C. J., & Hung, T. M. (2017). Effects of childhood gymnastics program on spatial working memory. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 49, 2537-2547.

• Chueh, T. Y., Huang, C. J., Hsieh, S. S., Chen, K. F., Chang, Y. K., & Hung, T. M. (2017). Sports training enhances visuo-spatial cognition regardless of open-closed typology. PeerJ, 5: e3336.

• Hsieh, S. S., Hung, T. M., Chiu, L. H., Chou, W. C., & Fang, C. L. (2017). Working memory performance differentiated by physical functional capacity in late-adulthood. Revista de Psicologia del Deporte, 26, 61-70.

• Hsieh, S. S., Chang, Y. K., Fang, C. L., & Hung, T. M. (2016). Acute resistance exercise facilitates attention control in adult males without an age-moderating effect. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 38, 247-254.

• Hsieh, S. S., Chang, Y. K., Hung, T. M., & Fang, C. L. (2016). The effects of acute resistance exercise on young and older males’ working memory. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 22, 286-293.