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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a combined exercise training of line dance and weight training on the behavioral control functions of older adults. To fulfill the purpose of the study, this study conducted an experiments with 10 elderly people in good health. The elderly people participated 12-week period of a combination exercise while the college students did not participate in any combined exercise). After 12-week of training, both groups were tested with P300 which reflects cognitive functions as psycho-physiological index. The participants of this study were voluntarily participating in the exercise program provided by a university "S" located in the City of "B". For the data analysis, this study used descriptive statistics of each factor and repeated ANOVA with using a statistics program which is WIN SPSS-22.0. The results of the study were as the followings. First, the comparison of the peak values of P300 of the brain waves between the elderly group and the student group showed that the general college students were higher in every domain than the elderly group except for the area of Cz. Second, the average response time of the brain wave between the two groups showed that the time of the elderly group was higher. Therefore, it is suggested that the electro-myographic response time of the elderly people that reflects the pivotal factor of potential P300 which reflects the information processing in the brain showed a delay, and therefore their experience of exercise play a part in improving brain functions of older adults. In conclusion, the combination exercise for the elderly people affected significantly on the electro-myographic response time, and the time even exceed the young people’s response time.