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Neural correlate of memory enhancement during physical exercise

Javadi, Amir-Homayoun, Ifram, Fadi, Champion, Isabelle, Boccara, Lucile (2016) Neural correlate of memory enhancement during physical exercise. In: International Conference on Memory (ICOM2016), 17-22 Jul 2016, Budapest, Hungry. (KAR id:56656)

Abstract

It has been shown that physical exercise is beneficial for cognition, however, the neuronal mechanism underpinning this process is not yet clear. Therefore, we investigated the correlation of brain activity during physical exercise with memory performance. Eighteen participants were asked to memorise a set of stimuli. Subsequently they either cycled on an exercise bike for 30 minutes while their EEG was recorded, or sat on the exercise bike and watched a documentary for 30 minutes. After a 1.5 hour retention interval, they were asked to perform an old/new recognition task. In addition to improvement in memory performance (exercise 71.11% vs. rest 66.67%, p=0.02), the theta band activity of the DLPFC was correlated with the enhanced performance (r=-0.48, p=0.04).

Item Type: Conference or workshop item (Poster)
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Amir-Homayoun Javadi
Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2016 11:21 UTC
Last Modified: 10 Dec 2022 03:22 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/56656 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Javadi, Amir-Homayoun.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-6441
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Ifram, Fadi.

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