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Acute physical exercise can influence the accuracy of metacognitive judgments

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Palmer, MA and Stefanidis, K and Turner, A and Tranent, PJ and Breen, R and Kucina, T and Brumby, L and Holt, G and Fell, JW and Sauer, JD, Acute physical exercise can influence the accuracy of metacognitive judgments, Scientific Reports, 9 Article 12412. ISSN 2045-2322 (2019) [Refereed Article]


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DOI: doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48861-3

Abstract

Acute exercise generally benefits memory but little research has examined how exercise affects metacognition (knowledge of memory performance). We show that a single bout of exercise can influence metacognition in paired-associate learning. Participants completed 30-min of moderate-intensity exercise before or after studying a series of word pairs (cloud-ivory), and completed cued-recall (cloud-?; Experiments 1 & 2) and recognition memory tests (cloud-? spoon; ivory; drill; choir; Experiment 2). Participants made judgments of learning prior to cued-recall tests (JOLs; predicted likelihood of recalling the second word of each pair when shown the first) and feeling-of-knowing judgments prior to recognition tests (FOK; predicted likelihood of recognizing the second word from four alternatives). Compared to no-exercise control conditions, exercise before encoding enhanced cued-recall in Experiment 1 but not Experiment 2 and did not affect recognition. Exercise after encoding did not influence memory. In conditions where exercise did not benefit memory, it increased JOLs and FOK judgments relative to accuracy (Experiments 1 & 2) and impaired the relative accuracy of JOLs (ability to distinguish remembered from non-remembered items; Experiment 2). Acute exercise seems to signal likely remembering; this has implications for understanding the effects of exercise on metacognition, and for incorporating exercise into study routines. Introduction

Item Details

Item Type:Refereed Article
Keywords:memory, metacognition, exercise
Research Division:Psychology
Research Group:Other psychology
Research Field:Other psychology not elsewhere classified
Objective Division:Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:Expanding knowledge
Objective Field:Expanding knowledge in psychology
UTAS Author:Palmer, MA (Associate Professor Matt Palmer)
UTAS Author:Stefanidis, K (Ms Kayla Stefanidis)
UTAS Author:Turner, A (Miss Ashlee Turner)
UTAS Author:Tranent, PJ (Mr Peter Tranent)
UTAS Author:Breen, R (Miss Rachel Breen)
UTAS Author:Kucina, T (Ms Talira Kucina)
UTAS Author:Brumby, L (Ms Laura Brumby)
UTAS Author:Holt, G (Mrs Glenys Holt)
UTAS Author:Fell, JW (Associate Professor James Fell)
UTAS Author:Sauer, JD (Associate Professor Jim Sauer)
ID Code:134680
Year Published:2019
Web of Science® Times Cited:2
Deposited By:Psychology
Deposited On:2019-08-28
Last Modified:2020-08-07
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