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The Effect of Exercise Intensity on Affective and Repetition Priming in Middle-Aged Adults

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  • Cristina Perez-Rojo

    (Departamento de Psicología Básica II, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, C/Juan del Rosal, 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Jennifer A. Rieker

    (Departamento de Psicología Básica II, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, C/Juan del Rosal, 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Soledad Ballesteros

    (Departamento de Psicología Básica II, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, C/Juan del Rosal, 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Previous research has shown that physical exercise improves memory. In the present study, we investigated the possible effects of the intensity of physical exercise as a function of the affective valence of words on implicit memory. In the study, 79 young adult volunteers were randomly assigned to perform moderate- (50% VO 2 max) or high-intensity exercise (80% VO 2 max) on a stationary bike. Once the required exercise intensity was achieved, participants performed an affective and repetition priming task concurrently with the physical exercise. Both groups showed similar repetition priming. The moderate-intensity exercise group showed affective priming with positive words, while affective priming was not found in the high-intensity exercise group. Facilitation occurred in both groups when a negative target word was preceded by a positive prime word. Our results suggest that the positive effect of physical exercise on memory is modulated by the affective valence of the stimuli. It seems that moderate-intensity exercise is more beneficial for implicit memory than high-intensity exercise.

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  • Cristina Perez-Rojo & Jennifer A. Rieker & Soledad Ballesteros, 2022. "The Effect of Exercise Intensity on Affective and Repetition Priming in Middle-Aged Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-13, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:16:p:9873-:d:885099
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