The Effects of Acute Moderate and High Intensity Exercise on Memory

Frontiers in Psychology

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David Marchant¹  Sophie Hampson²  Lucy Finnigan³  Kelly Marrin¹  Craig Thorley⁴ 

[1] Exercise and Movement Research Group, Department of Sport and Physical Activity, Edge Hill University, United Kingdom;Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom;School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom;Department of Psychology, James Cook University

关键词: acute exercise;    exercise intensity;    cognition;    recall;    recognition;    false memory;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01716

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Acute cardiovascular exercise can enhance correct remembering but its impact upon false remembering is less clear. In two experiments, we investigated the effect of acute bouts of exercise on correct and false remembering using the Deese–Roediger–McDermott (DRM) memory test. In Experiment 1, healthy adults completed quiet rest or moderate intensity cycling prior to the memory test. In Experiment 2, a similar sample completed moderate intensity running, high intensity sprints, or a period of quiet rest prior to the memory test. In Experiment 1, acute moderate intensity exercise increased short-term correct, but not false, recall. Experiment 2 replicated these findings but also found an acute bout of high intensity exercise had no impact upon either type of short-term recall. Acute moderate intensity exercise, but not acute high intensity exercise, can improve short-term correct recall without an accompanying increase in false recall potentially through processing of contextually specific information during encoding.

【 授权许可】

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