ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2020
Mild Physical Activity Does Not Improve Spatial Learning in a Virtual Environment.
Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Hippocampal subfield plasticity is associated with improved spatial memory.Communications biology · 2024Trial
- Virtual Morris Water Task: Procedures and Protocols for the Assessment of Spatial Navigation and Memory.Current protocols · 2026Article
- The effect of virtual reality modality level of immersion and locomotion on Spatial learning and gaze measures.Virtual reality · 2026Article
- Physical Exercise Benefits Cognition: A Narrative Review of Evidence and Possible Mechanisms.Advances in neurobiology · 2025Review
- Application of Real and Virtual Radial Arm Maze Task in Human.Brain sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
It is well-established that physical exercise in humans improves cognitive functions, such as executive functions, pattern separation, and working memory. It is yet unknown, however, whether spatial learning, long known to be affected by exercise in rodents, is also affected in humans. In order to address this question, we recruited 20 healthy young male adults (18-30 years old) divided into exercise and control groups (
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