ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2018
The Association of Aging and Aerobic Fitness With Memory.
Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Long-Term Effects of a 5-Year Randomized Controlled Exercise Trial on Brain Volumes and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: A 4-Year Post-Intervention Follow-Up Study.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Trial
- Hippocampal subfield plasticity is associated with improved spatial memory.Communications biology · 2024Trial
- Physical fitness and physical activity association with cognitive function and quality of life: baseline cross-sectional analysis of the PREDIMED-Plus trial.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiometabolic health are associated with distinct cognitive domains in cognitively healthy older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The association between physical activity and memory interference.Psychological research · 2024Article
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness May Protect Memory for Poorer Sleepers.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Effects of exercise on proactive interference in memory: potential neuroplasticity and neurochemical mechanisms.Psychopharmacology · 2020Review
- Relationship Between Exercise and Alzheimer's Disease: A Narrative Literature Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Review
- Mnemonic Similarity Task: A Tool for Assessing Hippocampal Integrity.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2019Review
- Making More of IT: Enabling Intensive Motor Cognitive Rehabilitation Exercises in Geriatrics Using Information Technology Solutions.BioMed research international · 2018Review
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Abstract
The present study examined the differential effects of aging and fitness on memory. Ninety-five young adults (YA) and 81 older adults (OA) performed the Mnemonic Similarity Task (MST) to assess high-interference memory and general recognition memory. Age-related differences in high-interference memory were observed across the lifespan, with performance progressively worsening from young to old. In contrast, age-related differences in general recognition memory were not observed until after 60 years of age. Furthermore, OA with higher aerobic fitness had better high-interference memory, suggesting that exercise may be an important lifestyle factor influencing this aspect of memory. Overall, these findings suggest different trajectories of decline for high-interference and general recognition memory, with a selective role for physical activity in promoting high-interference memory.
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