ArticleJournal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS2023
Effects of acute aerobic exercise on mnemonic discrimination performance in older adults.
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- Acceptability and effectiveness of stationary bike intervention on health outcomes among older adults: a systematic review of intervention studies.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Improvement of mnemonic discrimination with acute light exercise is mediated by pupil-linked arousal in healthy older adults.Neurobiology of aging · 2024Trial
- Effects of a three-month exercise programme on cognition, mood and neurogenesis: the NeuroFit randomised controlled trial.npj aging · 2026Article
- The human hippocampus can pattern separate memories by meaning.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Association between physical exercise and reemployment among Chinese older adults: the mediation effect of physical health, cognitive function, and social participation.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Exercise Benefits Dentate Gyrus Function: Bridging from Animal Models to Human High-Resolution Functional MRI of Pattern Separation.Advances in neurobiology · 2025Review
- Visual supercompensation following short-term exhaustive exercise.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Engagement in moderate-intensity physical activity supports overnight memory retention in older adults.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Absolute beta power in exercisers and nonexercisers in preparation for the oddball task.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2024Article
- Acute cycling exercise and hippocampal subfield function and microstructure in healthy older adults.Hippocampus · 2023Article
- Beneficial effects of foreign language learning and aerobic exercise on dentate gyrus volume and mnemonic discrimination in healthy older adults: Results from a randomized controlled trial.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)Article
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Abstract
objectivesAmple evidence suggests exercise is beneficial for hippocampal function. Furthermore, a single session of aerobic exercise provides immediate benefits to mnemonic discrimination performance, a highly hippocampal-specific memory process, in healthy younger adults. However, it is unknown if a single session of aerobic exercise alters mnemonic discrimination in older adults, who generally exhibit greater hippocampal deterioration and deficits in mnemonic discrimination performance.
methodsWe conducted a within subject acute exercise study in 30 cognitively healthy and physically active older adults who underwent baseline testing and then completed two experimental visits in which they performed a mnemonic discrimination task before and after either 30 min of cycling exercise or 30 min of seated rest. Linear mixed-effects analyses were conducted in which condition order and age were controlled, time (pre vs. post) and condition (exercise vs. rest) were modeled as fixed effects, and subject as a random effect.
resultsNo significant time by condition interaction effect was found for object recognition (
conclusionsOur results suggest a single session of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise may reduce interference and elicit better mnemonic discrimination performance in healthy older adults, suggesting benefits for hippocampal-specific memory function.
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