Time-Dependent Effects of Acute Exercise-Induced Arousal on Long-Term Memory for Emotional and Neutral Stimuli

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dc.contributor.advisorSmith, J. Carsonen_US
dc.contributor.authorWeiss, Lauren Rachelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentKinesiologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-22T06:19:22Z
dc.date.available2016-06-22T06:19:22Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractPsychological research has strongly documented the memory-enhancing effects of emotional arousal, while the effects of acute aerobic exercise on memory are not well understood. Manipulation of arousal has been shown to enhance long-term memory for emotional stimuli in a time-dependent fashion. This presents an opportunity to investigate the role of acute exercise in memory modulation. The purpose of this study was to determine the time-dependent relationship between acute exercise-induced arousal and long-term emotional memory. Participants viewed pleasant, neutral, and unpleasant images before or after completing a high-intensity session of cycling exercise. Salivary alpha-amylase, a biomarker of central norepinephrine, was measured as an indicator of arousal. No effects of exercise on recognition memory were revealed, however; a single session of high-intensity cycling increased salivary alpha-amylase. Our results also indicate that the influence of exercise on emotional responsiveness should be considered in further exploration of the memory-enhancing potential of acute exercise.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2XF6S
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18416
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledKinesiologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCognitive psychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAcute Exerciseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledArousalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEmotional Memoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMemoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSalivary Alpha-Amylaseen_US
dc.titleTime-Dependent Effects of Acute Exercise-Induced Arousal on Long-Term Memory for Emotional and Neutral Stimulien_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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