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.
Recommended Citation
Crawford, Erin, "Effects of Vigorous-Intensity Acute Exercise on Retrieval-Induced Forgetting" (2025). Honors Theses. 3246.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/3246
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