Aerobic exercise improves episodic memory in late adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sarah L. Aghjayan; Themistokles Bournias; Chaeryon Kang; Xueping Zhou; Chelsea M. Stillman; Shannon D. Donofry; Thomas W. Kamarck; Anna L. Marsland; Michelle W. Voss; Scott H. Fraundorf; Kirk I. Erickson

doi:10.1038/s43856-022-00079-7

Communications Medicine (Feb 2022)

Aerobic exercise improves episodic memory in late adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sarah L. Aghjayan,
Themistokles Bournias,
Chaeryon Kang,
Xueping Zhou,
Chelsea M. Stillman,
Shannon D. Donofry,
Thomas W. Kamarck,
Anna L. Marsland,
Michelle W. Voss,
Scott H. Fraundorf,
Kirk I. Erickson

Affiliations

Sarah L. Aghjayan: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Themistokles Bournias: Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Chaeryon Kang: Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh
Xueping Zhou: Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh
Chelsea M. Stillman: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Shannon D. Donofry: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Thomas W. Kamarck: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Anna L. Marsland: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Michelle W. Voss: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa
Scott H. Fraundorf: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Kirk I. Erickson: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00079-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Aghjayan et al. conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials on the effect of aerobic exercise on episodic memory in late adulthood. The results demonstrate that exercise interventions improve episodic memory, with age being one moderator of this effect.

Published in Communications Medicine

ISSN: 2730-664X (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmed/

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