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Effects of aerobic exercise training, age, and physical fitness on memory-search performance.

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Blumenthal, JA; Madden, DJ
Published in: Psychol Aging
September 1988

We investigated the effects of exercise training on memory performance. One group of 13 men (M = 42.92 years of age) participated in supervised aerobic exercise (jogging) three times a week for 12 weeks. A second group of 15 men (M = 43.67 years of age) performed anaerobic exercise (strength training) for the same period of time. Subjects' reaction time (RT) performance in a memory-search task was assessed both before (Time 1) and after (Time 2) the 12 weeks of exercise training. Results indicated that there was no significant change in memory-search performance over time as a function of exercise training. Analyses of the Time 2 RTs demonstrated that aspects of memory-search performance were related significantly both to subjects' initial (Time 1) level of fitness and to age, but not to the amount of change in fitness associated with aerobic exercise training over this 12-week duration in this age group.

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Published In

Psychol Aging

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ISSN

0882-7974

Publication Date

September 1988

Volume

3

Issue

3

Start / End Page

280 / 285

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Reaction Time
  • Physical Fitness
  • Oxygen
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Recall
  • Memory
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
 

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Blumenthal, J. A., & Madden, D. J. (1988). Effects of aerobic exercise training, age, and physical fitness on memory-search performance. Psychol Aging, 3(3), 280–285. https://doi.org/10.1037//0882-7974.3.3.280
Blumenthal, J. A., and D. J. Madden. “Effects of aerobic exercise training, age, and physical fitness on memory-search performance.Psychol Aging 3, no. 3 (September 1988): 280–85. https://doi.org/10.1037//0882-7974.3.3.280.
Blumenthal JA, Madden DJ. Effects of aerobic exercise training, age, and physical fitness on memory-search performance. Psychol Aging. 1988 Sep;3(3):280–5.
Blumenthal, J. A., and D. J. Madden. “Effects of aerobic exercise training, age, and physical fitness on memory-search performance.Psychol Aging, vol. 3, no. 3, Sept. 1988, pp. 280–85. Pubmed, doi:10.1037//0882-7974.3.3.280.
Blumenthal JA, Madden DJ. Effects of aerobic exercise training, age, and physical fitness on memory-search performance. Psychol Aging. 1988 Sep;3(3):280–285.

Published In

Psychol Aging

DOI

ISSN

0882-7974

Publication Date

September 1988

Volume

3

Issue

3

Start / End Page

280 / 285

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Reaction Time
  • Physical Fitness
  • Oxygen
  • Middle Aged
  • Mental Recall
  • Memory
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology