"Effects of Vigorous-Intensity Acute Exercise on Retrieval-Induced Forg" by Erin Crawford
 

Honors Theses

Date of Award

Spring 5-9-2025

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Health, Exercise Science, and Recreation Management

First Advisor

Paul Loprinzi

Second Advisor

Tsu-Lin Yeh

Third Advisor

Chip Wade

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

Retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) occurs when the retrieval of some aspects of a certain memory interferes with other aspects of that same memory. Previous research has indicated that acute exercise, positioned between two cued-recall tests, facilitates a RIF effect. The present thesis project (N=303) utilized a retrieval-induced forgetting protocol and five different experimental groups: Groups 1 and 2 engaged in a 20-minute protocol and Groups 3, 4, and 5 engaged in a 40-minute protocol, designed to investigate whether the RIF effect could be preserved over a longer period of time. Our results supported prior findings that an RIF effect is preserved when acute exercise occurs between two cued-recall tasks. Our findings also indicated that the RIF effect can be extended to a 40-minute period. However, we are currently unable to definitively establish whether the RIF effect is preserved differently in control versus exercise groups, as all groups, not just the exercise groups, exhibited an RIF effect in the second cued-recall test. Future research should continue to investigate there is a significant difference in RIF effect preservation in exercise versus control groups.

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