TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sanderson, Claire
AU  - Loprinzi, Paul
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/10/09
TI  - Acute Exercise on Reversal Learning
JO  - OBM Neurobiology
SP  - 043
VL  - 03
IS  - 04
AB  - Objective: Reversal learning requires an individual to alter their behavior when previously learned reward-based contingencies are reversed. Reversal learning is heavily influenced by cognitive flexibility, which has been shown to be enhanced with acute exercise. However, minimal work has directly evaluated the effects of acute exercise on reversal learning, which was the purpose of this experiment. Methods: A between-subject randomized controlled intervention was employed. Participants (N=60) were randomized into one of three groups, including a control group, moderate-intensity exercise and vigorous-intensity exercise. The exercise bout lasted 15-min in duration. Reversal learning was evaluated using the Iowa Gambling Task, occurring shortly after the exercise session. Results: There was no main effect group, F(2, 57) = .63, p = .53, η2p = .02, or group by learning interaction, F(5.94, 169.3) = .16, p = .98, η2p = .006, but there was a significant main effect for learning, F(2.97, 169.3) = 11.21, p < .001, η2p = .16. Conclusion: Across the learning blocks, participants, on average, improved their reversal learning. However, this enhanced reversal learning effect was not influenced by acute exercise.
SN  - 2573-4407
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.neurobiol.1904043
DO  - 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.1904043
ID  - Sanderson2019
ER  -