ArticlePhysiology & behavior2021
Comparing the reinforcing value of high intensity interval training versus moderate intensity aerobic exercise in sedentary adults.
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- Clinically effective child change in family-based behavioral treatment for pediatric obesity: An individual participant mega-analysis.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of combined high-intensity interval and moderate-intensity continuous training vs. moderate-intensity continuous training alone in male adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Feasibility and Acceptability of a Novel Behavioral Economic Coaching Session to Address Physical Activity and TV Watching: An Open Pilot Trial.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring Strategies to Promote Exercise as a Viable Obesity and Chronic Disease Treatment.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Chronic High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) exercise in adolescent rats results in cocaine place aversion and ΔFosB induction.PloS one · 2025Article
- High intensity interval training exercise increases dopamine D2 levels and modulates brain dopamine signaling.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Exercise is a reinforcer for both animals and humans, as they will work progressively harder to gain access for the opportunity to exercise. Exercise activates brain reward pathways similar to drugs of abuse, and the magnitude of the reinforcing value of exercise is a predictor of exercise behavior. The majority of research on exercise reinforcement has studied moderate intensity aerobic exercise (MIAE) or resistance training. There is limited research on the relative reinforcing value (RRV) of high intensity interval training (HIIT), which is often reported to be a preferred form of exercise in comparison to MIAE. Experiment 1 was a pilot study of 20 sedentary females designed to compare the reliability of differences in RRV
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