ArticlePloS one2016
Physical Activity Is Associated with Reduced Implicit Learning but Enhanced Relational Memory and Executive Functioning in Young Adults.
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- Effects and Moderators of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Subsequent Interference Control: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Pooled it
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- Age group differences in learning-related activity reflect task stage, not learning stage.Behavioural brain research · 2022Article
- Opposing associations between sedentary time and decision-making competence in young adults revealed by functional connectivity in the dorsal attention network.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity, intraindividual variability in behavior, and cingulate cortex in younger adults.Journal of sport and health science · 2019Article
- Exercise and Hippocampal Memory Systems.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2019Review
- Effects of a Brief Stair-Climbing Intervention on Cognitive Performance and Mood States in Healthy Young Adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Obesity and unhealthy lifestyle associated with poor executive function among Malaysian adolescents.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
Accumulating evidence suggests that physical activity improves explicit memory and executive cognitive functioning at the extreme ends of the lifespan (i.e., in older adults and children). However, it is unknown whether these associations hold for younger adults who are considered to be in their cognitive prime, or for implicit cognitive functions that do not depend on motor sequencing. Here we report the results of a study in which we examine the relationship between objectively measured physical activity and (1) explicit relational memory, (2) executive control, and (3) implicit probabilistic sequence learning in a sample of healthy, college-aged adults. The main finding was that physical activity was positively associated with explicit relational memory and executive control (replicating previous research), but negatively associated with implicit learning, particularly in females. These results raise the intriguing possibility that physical activity upregulates some cognitive processes, but downregulates others. Possible implications of this pattern of results for physical health and health habits are discussed.
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