Research
Our Research
Our laboratory examines the effects of exercise on cognitive function, primarily memory function.
Memory Function – Recently Completed Projects
MODELS OF EXERCISE ON MEMORY FUNCTION
- Exercise and the Brain: Bi-Directional Effects
- A Bi-Directional Model of Exercise and Episodic Memory Function
- An Integrated Model of Acute Exercise on Memory Function
MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH EXERCISE INFLUENCES MEMORY
- The Endocannabinoid System as a Potential Mechanism through which Exercise Influences Episodic Memory
- Effects of Exercise on Long-Term Potentiation: Candidate Mechanism of the Exercise-Memory Relationship
- Effects of Exercise on Dendritic Spine Density: Implications for Exercise-Induced Memory Enhancement
- To What Extent Does BDNF Mediate the Effects of Exercise on Episodic Memory?
- Memory may be Enhanced from Exercise-Induced Myokine Production of Cathepsin-B
- The Role of Astrocytes on the Exercise-Memory Interaction
- Mediational Role of BDNF in the Exercise-Memory Interaction
- Mechanisms of Acute Exercise on Episodic Memory
- IGF-1 in Exercise-Induced Enhancement of Episodic Memory
- Exercise and Episodic Memory
- Unique Exercise-Induced Mechanisms on Parameters of Cognition
- Exercise Influences Memory via Changes in Hippocampal Neurocircuitry and Long-Term Potentiation
- Exercise on Corpus Callosum Integrity
- Effects of Exercise on LTP in Psychiatric Disorders
- Exercise, Prefrontal Cortex Oxygenation and Episodic Memory
- Exercise Modality Mechanisms on Episodic Memory
FUNCTIONAL BRAIN CONNECTIVITY
- Tai Chi Training Changes Brain White Matter Network
- Exercise and the Integrity of the Cortico-Spinal Tract
- Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Interhemispheric Hippocampal and Parahippocampal Functional Connectivity
- Association of Exercise on the Functional Connectivity of the Hippocampal-Orbitofrontal Pathway
- Structural and Functional Brain Signatures of Endurance Runners
SEX-SPECIFIC EFFECTS
- Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Attenuating Memory Interference: Sex-Specific Evaluation
- Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Memory: Evaluation by Biological Sex
- The Role of Biological Sex in Memory: Considerations in Exercise Research
TEMPORAL EFFECTS OF EXERCISE ON MEMORY
- Does Engaging in Exercise Prior to Memory Encoding and During Memory Consolidation have an Additive Effect on Memory?
- Meta-Analysis on the Temporal Effects of Acute Exercise on Episodic Memory
- Memory Effects of Acute Exercise During the Memory Consolidation Stage
- Within-Subject Experiment: Acute Exercise on Minimizing Proactive Memory Interference
- Exercise Timing on Episodic and Prospective Memory
- Time Course Effects of Exercise on False Memory
- Temporal Effects of High-Intensity Acute Exercise on Memory Function
- Effects of an Acute Bout of Walking on Learning and Episodic Memory
- Exercise Improves Memory via Encoding, Consolidation and Retrieval-Based Mechanisms
EXERCISE INTENSITY ON MEMORY
- Acute Moderate- and Vigorous-Intensity Exercise on True and False Episodic Memory
- Effects of Intensity-Specific Acute Exercise on Paired-Associative Memory and Memory Interference
- Effects of Acute Exercise Intensity on Episodic and Working Memory
- Physical Activity Intensity on Memory: Population Sample of Older Adults
- Exercise Intensity on Human Memory Function
- Acute Exercise Intensity and Habitual Physical Activity on Cognitive Function
- Exercise Intensity and Timing on Memory Interference via AB/AC Paradigm
EXERCISE DURATION ON MEMORY
EXERCISE ON EMOTIONAL MEMORY
- Experimental Effects of Acute Walking on Long-Term Emotional Memory
- Exercise and Emotional Memory: Review
EXERCISE ON EPISODIC MEMORY
- Effects and Mechanisms of Chronic Exercise on Visuo-Spatial Memory
- Acute Exercise, Re-Learning, and Episodic Memory
- Evaluation of the Encoding-Specificity Paradigm
- Acute Exercise vs. Mental Imagery of Acute Exercise on Episodic Memory
- Acute Exercise and Learning Strategies on Memory Function
- Acute Exercise on Memory Reconsolidation
- Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise and Episodic Specific Induction on Episodic Memory Function
- Effects of Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Autobiographical Episodic Memory
- Counteracting Effects of Exercise on High-Fat Diet-Induced Episodic Memory Impairment
- Acute Moderate- and Vigorous-Intensity Exercise on True Episodic Memory
- Effects of Acute Exercise on Real-World Episodic Memory
- Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Learning, Short-Term Memory and Long-Term Episodic Memory
- Experimental Manipulation of Psychological Control Scenarios: Implications for Exercise and Memory Research
- Effects of Intensity-Specific Acute Exercise on Paired-Associative Memory and Memory Interference
- Effects of Acute Exercise Intensity on Episodic and Working Memory
- Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Source Memory Recognition
- Meta-Analysis on the Temporal Effects of Acute Exercise on Episodic Memory
- Effects of Exercise on 2-Year Changes in Memory
- Exercise Timing on Episodic and Prospective Memory
- Exercise and Memory Function: Review of Literature
- Exercise and Memory Acquisition: Decomposition of Multi-Trial Gains and Losses
- A Bi-Directional Model of Exercise and Episodic Memory Function
- Acute Exercise and Sustained Attention on Episodic Memory
- Effects of Exercise on Explicit Memory: Incidental and Intentional Processing
EXERCISE ON PROSPECTIVE MEMORY
- Exercise and Prospective Memory
- Exercise Timing on Episodic and Prospective Memory
- Acute Exercise on False Memory and Prospective Memory
- Temporal Effects of High-Intensity Acute Exercise on Memory Function
- Effects of an Acute Bout of Walking on Learning and Episodic Memory
- Within-Subject Experiment: Acute Exercise on Minimizing Proactive Memory Interference
- Open vs. Closed Skilled Exercise on Prospective Memory
EXERCISE ON IMPLICIT MEMORY
EXERCISE ON SEMANTIC MEMORY
EXERCISE ON SENSORY MEMORY
EXERCISE ON MEMORY INTERFERENCE
- Mechanisms Through Which Exercise May Attenuate Memory Interference
- Exercise, Memory Interference and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Prefrontal Cortex Oxygenation and Memory Interference
- Acute Hypoxia on Memory Interference
- Experimental Effects of Acute Exercise on Retroactive Memory Interference: Considerations by Exercise Intensity and Study Design
- Acute Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Attenuating Memory Interference: Sex-Specific Evaluation
- Effects of Intensity-Specific Acute Exercise on Paired-Associative Memory and Memory Interference
- Acute Walking on Retroactive and Proactive Memory Interference
- Exercise Intensity on Proactive Memory Interference
- Within-Subject Experiment: Acute Exercise on Minimizing Proactive Memory Interference
- Effects of Exercise on Memory Interference in Psychiatric Disorders
EXERCISE ON FALSE MEMORIES
- Acute Moderate- and Vigorous-Intensity Exercise on False Episodic Memory
- Time Course Effects of Exercise on False Memory
- Acute Exercise on False Memory and Prospective Memory
EXERCISE ON WORKING MEMORY
- Evaluation of the Transient Hypofrontality Hypothesis
- Exercise and Psychological Stress on Cortisol Levels and Working Memory Function
- Effects of Acute Exercise Intensity on Working Memory
RESISTANCE EXERCISE ON MEMORY FUNCTION
- Grip Strength and Memory
- Resistance Exercise and Episodic Memory
- Acute High-Intensity Resistance Exercise on Episodic Memory: Considerations for Post-Exercise Recovery Period
EXERCISE ON FORGETTING
- High-Intensity Acute Exercise on Intentional (Directed) Forgetting
- Moderate-Intensity Acute Exercise on Retrieval-Induced Forgetting
- Forgetting may be Useful, and Exercise may help Accentuate Forgetting
- Experimental Effects of Exercise on Selective Directed Forgetting
- Acute Exercise on Forgetting: Meta-Analysis
- Exercise and Directed Forgetting
EXERCISE ON SUBJECTIVE MEMORY COMPLAINTS
- Handedness and Grip Strength on Subjective Memory Complaints
- Interrelationships Between Exercise, Depression and Memory Complaints
- Exercise and Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Subjective Memory Complaints
EXERCISE ON LEARNING
- Acute Exercise Intensity on Reversal Learning
- Acute Exercise and Learning Strategies (3-R and cue-integration) on Memory
STRESS INDUCTION, EXERCISE AND MEMORY
- Acute Exercise, Psychological Stress Induction and Episodic Memory
- Exercise and Psychological Stress on Cortisol Levels and Working Memory Function
- Interrelationships Between Exercise, Stress, and Memory Function: Review
HYPOXIA, EXERCISE AND MEMORY
- Acute Hypoxia on Memory Interference
- Does Exercise Have a Protective Effect on Cognition Under Hypoxia? Meta-Analysis of Literature
- Severe Hypoxia Does Not Offset the Cognitive Benefits of Exercise
- The Effects of High-Intensity Interval Exercise and Hypoxia on Cognition in Sedentary Young Adults
- Combined Effects of Exercise and Hypoxia on Memory
MIND-BODY EXERCISE AND MEMORY
- Acute Exercise and Mindfulness Meditation on Learning and Memory
- Variations in Tai Chi Style on Cognition
- Effects of Tai Chi on Cognition in Older Adults
- Effects of Common Forms of Mind-Body Exercises on Cognition
- Effects of Tai Chi on Balance and Cognition in Older Adults
EXERCISE ON MEMORY FUNCTION AMONG THOSE WITH COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
- Neurobehavioral Effects of Exercise on Memory Function during Pregnancy
- Effects of Common Forms of Mind-Body Exercises on Cognition among those with MCI
- Exercise on Memory Function among Mild Cognitive Impairment: Review
- Exercise, Memory Function, and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Exercise, Memory Function and Parkinson’s Disease
- Memorcise: Implications for Patient Compliance and Medication Adherence
Past Experimental Research
- Joint Effects of Exercise and Sedentary Behavior on Cognitive Function
- Association of Personality on Changes in Weekday Sitting Time
- Obesity and Memory Function
- Exercise, Music and Cognitive Creativity
- 5-Min Acute Exercise on Cognition
- Executive Function Mediates the Relationship Between Personality and Physical Activity
- Prospective association of executive function on accelerometer-assessed sedentary behavior
- Experimentally increasing sedentary behavior on psychological and cognitive function
- Neurocognitive affect-related model for exercise promotion among obese adults
- Longitudinal Interrelationship of Personality, Exercise, and Cognition
- Experimental Effects of Acute Walking on Cognitive Creativity
- Chronic exercise and sedentary behavior intervention on mood profile
- Acute Walking and Meditation on Mood Profile
- Joint Effects of Exercise and Sedentary Behavior on Depression
- Exercise and Emotional Regulation
- Interrelationships Between Personality, Anxiety and Physical Activity
- Pocket-Carried vs. Waist-Mounted Accelerometry
- Sedentary Behavior and Life Satisfaction
- Sedentary Behavior and Sleep: RCT
- Safe Sex Self-Efficacy and Safe Sex Practices
- Prospective association of sedentary behavior on depression symptomology
- Short 5-minute bout of exercise on mood
- Perceptions of the Exercise is Medicine initiative in the Deep South
- Wrist vs. waist-mounted accelerometry
- Psychometric assessment of self-reported physical activity
- Awareness and implementation of the National Physical Activity Plan in graduate exercise science curriculum
- Experimental Effects of Exercise and Meditation on Anxiety
- Facebook Exercise Trial to Reduce Anxiety
- Exercise Recovery and Duration on Mood Profile
- Exercise or Meditation on Emotional Regulation
- Affective Responses to Acute Exercise and Meditation
- Common Method Bias in Predicting Physical Activity
- Comparison of Two Accelerometers in Different Settings
- Sedentary Intervention on Cardiometabolic Profile
- Exercise-Related Hedonic Responses to Preferred and Imposed Media Content