scholarly journals Experimental Effects of Acute Exercise on Iconic Memory, Short-Term Episodic, and Long-Term Episodic Memory

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Yanes ◽  
Paul Loprinzi
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Iconic Memory ◽  
Short Term

Experimental Effects of Acute Exercise on Episodic Memory Function: Considerations for the Timing of Exercise

2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 1744-1754 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Haynes ◽  
Emily Frith ◽  
Eveleen Sng ◽  
Paul D. Loprinzi
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Memory Function ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Memory Encoding ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory

Our previous work employing a between-subject randomized controlled trial design suggests that exercising prior to memory encoding is more advantageous in enhancing retrospective episodic memory function when compared to exercise occurring during or after memory encoding. The present experiment evaluates this potential temporal effect of acute exercise on memory function while employing a within-subject, counterbalanced design. In a counterbalanced order (via Latin squares), 24 participants completed four visits including (1) exercising (moderate-intensity walking) prior to memory encoding, (2) exercising during memory encoding, (3) exercising after memory encoding, and (4) a control visit (no exercise). Retrospective memory function (short term and long term; 24-hour follow-up) was assessed from a multitrial word list. Prospective memory was assessed from a time-based task. Compared to all other visits, short-term memory was greater in the visit that involved exercising prior to memory encoding (F = 3.76; P = .01; η2 = .79). Similar results occurred for long-term memory, with no significant effects for prospective memory performance. We provide robust evidence demonstrating that acute moderate-intensity exercise prior to memory encoding is optimal in enhancing short-term and long-term memory function when compared to no exercise as well as exercising during and after memory encoding.

scholarly journals Experimental effects of acute exercise on forgetting

2020 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-375
Author(s):  
D.C. Moore ◽  
S. Ryu ◽  
P.D. Loprinzi
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Function ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Short And Long Term

AbstractObjectivePrior research has evaluated the effects of acute exercise on episodic memory function. These studies have, on occasion, demonstrated that acute exercise may enhance both short- and long-term memory. It is uncertain as to whether the acute exercise improvements in long-term memory are a result of acute exercise attenuating declines in long-term memory, or rather, are driven by the enhancement effects of acute exercise on short-term memory. The present empirical study evaluates whether the decline from short- to long-term is influenced by acute exercise. This relationship is plausible as exercise has been shown to activate neurophysiological pathways (e.g., RAC1) that are involved in the mechanisms of forgetting.MethodsTo evaluate the effects of acute exercise on forgetting, we used data from 12 of our laboratory's prior experiments (N = 538). Across these 12 experiments, acute exercise ranged from 10 to 15 mins in duration (moderate-to-vigorous intensity). Episodic memory was assessed from word-list or paragraph-based assessments. Short-term memory was assessed immediately after encoding, with long-term memory assessed approximately 20-min later. Forgetting was calculated as the difference in short- and long-term memory performance.ResultsAcute exercise (vs. seated control) was not associated with an attenuated forgetting effect (d = 0.10; 95% CI: −0.04, 0.25, P = 0.17). We observed no evidence of a significant moderation effect (Q = 6.16, df = 17, P = 0.17, I2 = 0.00) for any of the evaluated parameters, including study design, exercise intensity and delay period.ConclusionAcross our 12 experimental studies, acute exercise was not associated with an attenuated forgetting effect. We discuss these implications for future research that evaluates the effects of acute exercise on long-term memory function.

Acute Exercise and Sustained Attention on Memory Function

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-332
Author(s):  
Audreaiona Waters ◽  
Liye Zou ◽  
Myungjin Jung ◽  
Qian Yu ◽  
Jingyuan Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Function ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Attention Task ◽  
Term Memory

Objective: Sustained attention is critical for various activities of daily living, including engaging in health-enhancing behaviors and inhibition of health compromising behaviors. Sustained attention activates neural networks involved in episodic memory function, a critical cognition for healthy living. Acute exercise has been shown to activate these same neural networks. Thus, it is plausible that engaging in a sustained attention task and engaging in a bout of acute exercise may have an additive effect in enhancing memory function, which was the purpose of this experiment. Methods: 23 young adults (Mage = 20.7 years) completed 2 visits, with each visit occurring approximately 24 hours apart, in a counterbalanced order, including: (1) acute exercise with sustained attention, and (2) sustained attention only. Memory was assessed using a word-list paradigm and included a short- and long-term memory assessment. Sustained attention was induced via a sustained attention to response task (SART). Acute exercise involved a 15-minute bout of moderate-intensity exercise. Results: Short-term memory performance was significantly greater than long-term memory, Mdiff = 1.86, p < .001, and short-term memory for Exercise with Sustained Attention was significantly greater than short-term memory for Sustained Attention Only, Mdiff = 1.50, p = .01. Conclusion: Engaging in an acute bout of exercise before a sustained attention task additively influenced short-term memory function.

Temporal Effects of Acute Walking Exercise on Learning and Memory Function

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 1518-1525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eveleen Sng ◽  
Emily Frith ◽  
Paul D. Loprinzi
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Learning And Memory ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Verbal Learning ◽  
Moderate Intensity ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Memory Encoding ◽  
Temporal Effects ◽  
Better Than

Purpose: To evaluate the temporal effects of acute exercise on episodic memory. Design: A quasi-experimental study. Sample: Eighty-eight college students (N = 22 per group). Measures: Four experimental groups were evaluated, including a control group, exercising prior to memory encoding, exercising during encoding, and exercising during memory consolidation. The exercise stimulus consisted of a 15-minute moderate-intensity walk on a treadmill. Participants completed the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) to assess learning and memory. Prospective memory was assessed via a Red Pen Task. Long-term memory (recognition and attribution) of the RAVLT was assessed 20 minutes and 24 hours after exercise. Analysis: Repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) assessed the performance of RAVLT scores of trials 1 to 5 across groups. One-way ANOVA assessed the performance of individual trials across groups, whereas χ2 assessed the performance of the Red Pen Task across groups. Results: Regarding learning, the interaction of groups × trial was marginally statistically significant ( F12,332 = 1.773, P = .05), indicating that the group which exercised before encoding did better than the group that exercised during encoding and consolidation. For both 24-hour recognition and attribution performance, the group that exercised before memory encoding performed significantly better than the group that exercised during consolidation ( P = .05 recognition, P = .006 attribution). Discussion: Engaging in a 15-minute bout of moderate-intensity walking before a learning task was effective in influencing long-term episodic memory.

Representational content determines the long-term dynamics of the CA1 spatial code

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Keinath ◽  
Coralie-Anne Mosser ◽  
Mark Brandon
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Representational Content ◽  
Spatial Code ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Daily Experience ◽  
Neural Ensembles ◽  
Spatial Geometry

Abstract Hippocampal subregion CA1 is thought to support episodic memory by reinstating a stable spatial code. Yet recent experiments have demonstrated that this code is largely unstable on a timescale of days, challenging its presumed function. While these dynamics may indeed reflect homogenous drift within the population, they may alternatively reflect distinct time-varying representational component(s) which coexists alongside other stable components. Here we adjudicate between these possibilities. To this end, we characterized the mouse CA1 spatial code over more than a month of daily experience in an extended geometric morph paradigm. We find that this code is governed by distinct representational components with different long-term dynamics, including stable components representing spatial geometry and prior experience. These components are mediated by separate neural ensembles with similar short-term spatial reliability and precision. Together, these results demonstrate that the long-term dynamics of the CA1 spatial code are defined by representational content, not homogenous drift.

scholarly journals Extended experience reveals distinct representational dynamics governing the CA1 spatial code

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra T. Keinath ◽  
Coralie-Anne Mosser ◽  
Mark P. Brandon
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Calcium Imaging ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Representational Content ◽  
Spatial Code ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Neural Ensembles ◽  
Free Exploration

SummaryHippocampal subregion CA1 is thought to support episodic memory by reinstating a stable spatial code. However, recent calcium imaging experiments have challenged this presumed function by demonstrated that this code is largely unstable on a timescale of days. This turnover may reflect homogenous drift within the population; alternatively, it may reflect distinct time-varying representational component(s) which coexists alongside other stable components. Here we characterized the mouse CA1 spatial code over more than a month of daily free exploration experience in an extended geometric morph paradigm. We find that this code is governed by distinct representational components with different long-term dynamics, including stable components representing the shape of space and prior experience. These components are mediated by separate neural ensembles with similar short-term spatial reliability and precision. Together, these results demonstrate that the long-term dynamics of the CA1 spatial code are defined by representational content, not homogenous drift.

scholarly journals Surgical vs Natural Menopause: Cognitive Issues

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-55
Author(s):  
VW Henderson ◽  
BB Sherwin
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Hormone Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Natural Menopause ◽  
Surgical Menopause ◽  
Cognitive Consequences

Abstract Objective Women who undergo both natural and surgical menopause experience the loss of cyclic ovarian production of estrogen, but hormonal and demographic differences distinguish these two groups of women. Our objective was to review published evidence on whether the premature cessation of endogenous estrogen production in women who underwent a surgical menopause has deleterious consequences for cognitive aging and to determine whether consequences differ for women if they undergo natural menopause. Studies of estrogen-containing hormone therapy are relevant to this issue. Design We reviewed evidence-based research, including the systematic identification of randomized clinical trials of hormone therapy with cognitive outcomes that included an objective measure of episodic memory. Results As inferred from very small, short-term, randomized, controled trials of high-dose estrogen treatment, surgical menopause may be accompanied by cognitive impairment that primarily affects verbal episodic memory. Observational evidence suggests that the natural menopausal transition is not accompanied by substantial changes in cognitive abilities. For initiation of hormone therapy during perimenopause or early postmenopause when the ovaries are intact, limited clinical trial data provide no consistent evidence of short-term benefit or harm. There is stronger clinical trial evidence that initiation of hormone therapy in late postmenopause does not benefit episodic memory or other cognitive skills. Conclusion Further research is needed on the long-term cognitive consequences of surgical menopause and long-term cognitive consequences of hormone therapy initiated near the time of surgical or natural menopause. A potential short-term cognitive benefit might be weighed when a premenopausal woman considers initiation of estrogen therapy at the time of, or soon after, hysterectomy and oophorectomy for benign conditions, although data are still quite limited and estrogen is not approved for this indication. Older postmenopausal women should not initiate hormone therapy to improve or maintain cognitive skills.

The Role of Memory in Communication

2020 ◽  
pp. 33-54
Author(s):  
Alison Wray
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Memory Deficits ◽  
Event Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores the nature of memory and the impact on communication of the memory deficits associated with dementia. The main types of memory are described (long-term, short-term, working, declarative, implicit, emotional, episodic). The process of recalling information is discussed, and the natural changes associated with ageing are considered. The general impact on communication of impaired event memory is explored before a deeper look is taken at why disruption to episodic memory has such a significant impact on communication. Specifically, the role of autonoesis (knowing one was present at an event) is explored. Without autonoesis, it is harder to speak with authority and confidence about what happened. People living with a dementia are vulnerable to being doubted, out-argued, and shouted down by those able to produce a stronger case for their own claims. Not being believed is a significant assault on the sense of self.

scholarly journals Feature binding in short-term memory and long-term learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (6) ◽  
pp. 1387-1400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andria Shimi ◽  
Robert H Logie
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Change Detection ◽  
Memory Trace ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Cued Recall ◽  
Feature Binding ◽  
Limited Capacity ◽  
Visual Feature ◽  
Short Term

In everyday experience, we encounter visual feature combinations. Some combinations are learned to support object recognition, and some are arbitrary and rapidly changing, so are retained briefly to complete ongoing tasks before being updated or forgotten. However, the boundary conditions between temporary retention of fleeting feature combinations and learning of feature bindings are unclear. Logie, Brockmole, and Vandenbroucke demonstrated that 60 repetitions of the same feature bindings for change detection resulted in no learning, but clear learning occurred with cued recall of the feature names. We extended those studies in two new experiments with the same array of colour–shape–location combinations repeated for 120 trials. In Experiment 1, change detection was well above chance from Trial 1, but improved only after 40 to 60 trials for participants who subsequently reported becoming aware of the repetition, and after 100 to 120 trials for participants reporting no awareness. Performance improved rapidly in Experiment 2 when participants reconstructed the array by selecting individual features from sets of colours, shapes, and locations. All participants subsequently reported becoming aware of the repetition. We conclude that change detection involves a visual cache memory that functions from the first trial, and retains feature bindings only for the duration of a trial. In addition, a weak residual episodic memory trace accumulates slowly across repetitions, eventually resulting in learning. Reconstructing feature combinations generates a much stronger episodic memory trace from trial to trial, and so learning is faster with performance supported both by the limited capacity visual cache and learning of the array.

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