Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-8-2022
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management
First Advisor
Paul Loprinzi
Second Advisor
Jeremy Loenneke
Third Advisor
Matthew Jessee
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the role of acute exercise timing on true and false memory performance. Methods: A randomized controlled, within-subject design, was employed (N=39). The five counterbalanced visits included a control visit, vigorous-intensity exercise (80% of HHR; heart rate reserve) before encoding, vigorous exercise during encoding with no delay before encoding, vigorous exercise during encoding with a delay before encoding, and light-intensity exercise (30% of HHR) during encoding. A recognition task using the DRM (Deese-Roediger-McDermott) paradigm was used to evaluate true and false memory performance. Results: With hit rate as the outcome, there was a significant main effect for condition, F(4, 152) = 7.89, p < .001, η2 = .12. Similarly, with the lure false alarm rate as the outcome, there was a main effect for condition, F (4, 152) = 2.937, p = .02, η2 = .04. Ultimately, vigorous-intensity acute exercise during encoding reduced both true and false memory performance (p < .05). Conclusions: This experiment demonstrates that the timing and intensity of acute exercise play an important role in influencing memory performance.
Recommended Citation
Watson, Hanna, "Effects of Acute Exercise on True and False Memory" (2022). Honors Theses. 2640.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2640
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