Effects of Aerobic Exercise upon Affect and Cognition
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 59 (2) , 407-414
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1984.59.2.407
Abstract
Measures of mood, primary process, and movement were obtained from 52 subjects at each of three experimental stages: pretest, exercise, and posttest. During exercise half the subjects ran on a treadmill while the remainder served as no-exercise controls. Both groups experienced significant reductions in negative mood, but enhanced positive mood was found only for the exercising subjects. There were no significant effects of exercise on primary-process or movement scores. The experimental effects of exercise on mood and cognition are discussed in relation to anecdotal reports in the literature.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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