INTRODUCTION
SIMONS
Executive function (EF), executive control or cognitive control, is a top–down mental process that requires attention and attentive participation and is considered inappropriate, inadequate, or impossible when automated or operated through instinct or intuition (Burgess & Simons, Sport is a physical activity with a clear goal, governed by formal rules and concerned with physical movement (Contreras‐Osorio et al., But scarce studies have examined the link between equine‐assisted activities (EAAs) and EF performance because few studies to date have attempted to assess EF performance using specific EF assessment tasks. However, studies did imply such a link between EAA and cognitive processes associated with EF. For example, Bass et al. (In summary, there is a paucity of research on the effects of EAA on EF in normal children. So, the primary hypothesis of this study was a positive effect of 12 weeks of EAA on three sub‐components of EFs (IC, WM, and CF) in normal children aged 7–8 years.