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• Latin Dance and Working Memory: The Mediating Effects of Physical Activity Among Middle-Aged and Older Latinos..  Frontiers in aging neuroscience.  -. 2022
• Working to Increase Stability through Exercise (WISE): Study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a coached exercise program to reduce serious fall-related injuries..  Contemporary clinical trials.  1-10. 2018
• Yoga and Cognition: A Meta-Analysis of Chronic and Acute Effects..  Psychosomatic medicine.  77:784-97. 2015
• Yoga Is as Good as Stretching-Strengthening Exercises in Improving Functional Fitness Outcomes: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial..  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.  71:406-11. 2015
• Physical Activity Is Linked to Greater Moment-To-Moment Variability in Spontaneous Brain Activity in Older Adults..  PloS one.  10:-. 2015
• BDNF mediates improvements in executive function following a 1-year exercise intervention..  Frontiers in human neuroscience.  -. 2014
• Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness are beneficial for white matter in low-fit older adults..  PloS one.  9:-. 2014
• The effects of an 8-week Hatha yoga intervention on executive function in older adults..  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.  69:1109-16. 2014
• Physical activity levels and patterns in older adults: the influence of a DVD-based exercise program..  Journal of behavioral medicine.  38:91-7. 2014
• B.A.I.L.A. - a Latin dance randomized controlled trial for older Spanish-speaking Latinos: rationale, design, and methods..  Contemporary clinical trials.  38:397-408. 2014
• Executive function processes predict mobility outcomes in older adults..  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.  62:285-90. 2014
• A profile for predicting attrition from exercise in older adults..  Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research.  14:489-96. 2013
• Influence of allowable interruption period on estimates of accelerometer wear time and sedentary time in older adults..  Journal of aging and physical activity.  22:255-60. 2013
• Effects of a DVD-delivered exercise intervention on physical function in older adults..  The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.  68:1076-82. 2013
• Neurobiological markers of exercise-related brain plasticity in older adults..  Brain, behavior, and immunity.  90-9. 2012
• Evaluation of the Factor Structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in Older Adults..  Personality and individual differences.  54:153-157. 2012
• Caudate Nucleus Volume Mediates the Link between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Cognitive Flexibility in Older Adults..  Journal of aging research.  -. 2012
• The acute effects of yoga on executive function..  Journal of physical activity & health.  10:488-95. 2012
• The influence of aerobic fitness on cerebral white matter integrity and cognitive function in older adults: results of a one-year exercise intervention..  Human brain mapping.  34:2972-85. 2012
• Physical activity, function, and quality of life: design and methods of the FlexToBa trial..  Contemporary clinical trials.  33:228-36. 2011
• Measuring enjoyment of physical activity in older adults: invariance of the physical activity enjoyment scale (paces) across groups and time..  The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity.  -. 2011
• Cardiorespiratory fitness, hippocampal volume, and frequency of forgetting in older adults..  Neuropsychology.  25:545-53. 2011
• Self-regulatory processes and exercise adherence in older adults: executive function and self-efficacy effects..  American journal of preventive medicine.  41:284-90. 2011
• Self-efficacy: Implications for Physical Activity, Function, and Functional Limitations in Older Adults..  American journal of lifestyle medicine.  5. 2011
• Non-Exercise Estimated Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Associations with Brain Structure, Cognition, and Memory Complaints in Older Adults..  Mental health and physical activity.  4:5-11. 2011
• Longitudinal invariance and construct validity of the abbreviated late-life function and disability instrument in healthy older adults..  Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation.  92:785-91. 2011
• Trajectories of change in self-esteem in older adults: exercise intervention effects..  Journal of behavioral medicine.  34:298-306. 2011
• Growth trajectories of exercise self-efficacy in older adults: influence of measures and initial status..  Health Psychology.  30:75-83. 2011
• Plasticity of brain networks in a randomized intervention trial of exercise training in older adults..  Frontiers in aging neuroscience.  2010
• Active or sedentary? Objectively measured physical activity of Latinos and implications for intervention..  Journal of physical activity & health.  5:559-70. 2008
• Social cognitive correlates of leisure time physical activity among Latinos..  Journal of behavioral medicine.  29:281-9. 2006
• Gender and acculturation influences on physical activity in Latino adults..  Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.  31:138-44. 2006