ArticleCommunications medicine2022
Aerobic exercise improves episodic memory in late adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Article in Communications medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.
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- Effects of Controlled Supramaximal High-Intensity Interval Training on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Global Cognitive Function in Older Adults: The Umeå HIT Study-A Randomized Controlled Trial.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Trial
- The Effect of Exercise Intensity on Affective and Repetition Priming in Middle-Aged Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Exploring the relative contributions of multiple modifiable physical health variables to executive function and episodic memory performance in older adults.Neuropsychology · 2026Article
- Associations of physical fitness with brain structure, pathology and cognition in cognitively normal older adults.npj aging · 2026Article
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- The moderating effects of individual differences in baseline episodic memory on acute exercise benefits in memory.Memory & cognition · 2026Article
- The Neuroprotective Role of Exercise in Alzheimer's Disease: An Integrative Review of Animal and Human Studies.Neurology international · 2026Review
- The active ingredients: physical activity features linked to healthy brain aging.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2026Article
- Timing of exercise differentially modulates fear memory and hippocampal neurotransmitters in male rats.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- The auditory trap: early semantic conflict and late monitoring breakdown drive false memories in cognitive aging.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Age and Physical Activity Modulate the Spatial Mapping of Time-Related Words.Journal of cognition · 2026Article
- The Functional Connectome Mediates Associations Between Fitness and Cognition Across the Adult Lifespan.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Shared Mechanisms in Dementia and Depression: The Modulatory Role of Physical Exercise.Journal of neurochemistry · 2025Review
- From Synaptic Plasticity to Neurodegeneration: BDNF as a Transformative Target in Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Running-induced neurogenesis reduces CA1 perineuronal net density without substantial temporal delay.Molecular brain · 2024Article
- Discrimination of semantically similar verbal memory traces is affected in healthy aging.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of chronic physical exercise on executive functions and episodic memory in clinical and healthy older adult populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.Systematic reviews · 2024Article
- Protective effects of physical activity on episodic memory during aging are explained by executive functioning.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Aerobic exercise remains one of the most promising approaches for enhancing cognitive function in late adulthood, yet its potential positive effects on episodic memory remain poorly understood and a matter of intense debate. Prior meta-analyses have reported minimal improvements in episodic memory following aerobic exercise but have been limited by restrictive inclusion criteria and infrequent examination of exercise parameters. Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to determine if aerobic exercise influences episodic memory in late adulthood ( Results: Here we show that aerobic exercise interventions are effective at improving episodic memory (Hedges' Conclusions: Aerobic exercise positively influences episodic memory among adults ≥55 years without dementia, with larger effects observed among various sample and intervention characteristics-the clearest moderator being age. These results could have far-reaching clinical and public health relevance, highlighting aerobic exercise as an accessible, non-pharmaceutical intervention to improve episodic memory in late adulthood.
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