The effects of exercise on mood and cognitive functioning

Lichtman, Sharla; Poser, Ernest G.

doi:10.1016/0022-3999(83)90108-3

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“…No such difference could be observed within the less active group. These findings are interesting in the context of reports that link physical exercise to better cognitive functioning (Cotman & Berchtold, 2002;Hillman, Erickson, & Kramer, 2008;Lichtman & Poser, 1983).…”

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The negative priming paradigm: An update and implications for selective attention

2015

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Negative Priming (NP) is an influential paradigm in cognitive psychology that was originally developed to measure attentional selection. Yet, up to the mid-1990s, a large number of experimental reports questioned whether the NP effect is based on attentional inhibition and/or episodic retrieval processes. In this review, we summarize findings since the mid1990s and discuss new and old theoretical approaches to Negative Priming. We conclude that more than one process contributes to NP and that future research should analyze the conditions under which a particular process contributes to NP. Moreover, we argue that the paradigm -although it does not measure a single cognitive process alone -is still a useful tool for understanding selection in cognition. In fact, it might be a virtue of the paradigm that several cognitive processes work here together as selection in nonexperimental contexts is surely a multidimensional process. From this perspective, research on NP is relevant for all research fields analyzing selection. We therefore close our review by discussing the implications of the new evidence on NP for theories of selective attention.

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The negative priming paradigm: An update and implications for selective attention

2015

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“…Physical exercise can help prevent chronic disease, reduce the cholesterol ratio, increase bone density [30] and reduce obesity [8] in children. It has been shown that fitness through physical activity can also enhance measures of children's psychological well-being, such as selfsatisfaction and self-esteem [30], and has been shown to improve mood [20]. Finally, short bursts of exercise can result in acute (i.e., short and temporary) cognitive benefits, including improvements on the Working Memory Task [26], the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test [24], which measures recall, and the Stroop test [20,38], which executive functioning.…”

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Decreasing sedentary behaviours in pre-adolescents using casual exergames at school

Gao

Gerling

Mandryk

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the First ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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There are risks to too much sedentary behaviour, regardless of a person's level of physical activity, particularly for children. As exercise habits instilled during childhood are strong predictors of healthy lifestyles later in life, it is important that schools break up long sedentary periods with short periods of physical activity. Casual exergames are an appealing option for schools who wish to engage adolescents, and have been shown to provide exertion levels at recommended values, even when played for only 10 minutes. In this paper we describe a preliminary survey with teachers of a local school that informed the deployment of a casual exergame with a group of preadolescent students from the same school. We show that students preferred the game to traditional exercise, that the game was able to generate appropriate levels of exertion in pre-adolescents, and that students have a sophisticated understanding of the role of exercise in their lives. Overall, we establish the feasibility of casual exergames for combating sedentary behavior in preteen classrooms.

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“…In these cases, performance on a cognitive task has improved directly following a short bout of exercise. Acute improvements in cognitive function have been shown using a number of cognitive tasks, including the Working Memory Task [27], the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test [7], which measures recall, and the Stroop test [19,33,40], which measures concentration. In addition to acute cognitive benefits, short bouts of exercise have been shown to improve mood using the Physical Activity Affect Scale (PAAS) [5], the Nowlis Mood Scale [19] and Profile of Mood Scale (POMS) [12,19].…”

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“…In addition to the general cognitive benefits produced by regular exercise, research has also shown acute (i.e., short and temporary) cognitive benefits in working memory [27], concentration [19,33], and mood [5,12,19]. Some studies suggest that only 10 minutes of exercise can produce acute effects on cognition [40].…”

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The acute cognitive benefits of casual exergame play

Gao

Mandryk

2012

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Acute cognitive benefits, such as temporary improvements in concentration, can result from as few as ten minutes of exercise; however, most people do not take exercise breaks throughout the day. To motivate people to receive the cognitive benefits of exercising in short bursts multiple times per day, we designed an engaging casual exergame. To determine whether there are cognitive benefits after playing our game, we conducted two studies to compare playing ten minutes of our casual exergame to a sedentary version of the game or exercise on a treadmill. We found acute cognitive benefits of the casual exergame over the sedentary version (but not treadmill exercise), demonstrated by significantly improved performance on two cognitive tests that require focus and concentration. Significant improvements were also found in participants' affective states after playing the casual exergame. Finally, our casual exergame produces similar exertion levels to treadmill exercise, but is perceived as more fun.

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The effects of exercise on mood and cognitive functioning

Cited by 118 publications

References 17 publications

The negative priming paradigm: An update and implications for selective attention

The negative priming paradigm: An update and implications for selective attention

Decreasing sedentary behaviours in pre-adolescents using casual exergames at school

The acute cognitive benefits of casual exergame play

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