Memory-Related Encoding-Specificity Paradigm: Experimental Application to the Exercise Domain

Abstract: The Encoding-Specificity Paradigm indicates that memory recall will be superior when contextual factors are congruent between memory encoding and memory retrieval. However, unlike other contextual conditions (e.g., verbal context, mental operations, global feature context, mood dependency, and physical operations), this paradigm has nearly been ignored in the exercise domain. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine the Encoding-Specificity Paradigm in the context of exercise and rest conditions. 24 young adults (age: M = 21 years) completed a within-subject, counterbalanced experiment involving four laboratory visits, including 1) R-R (rest-rest) condition, 2) R-E (restexercise) condition, 3) E-R (exercise-rest) condition, or 4) E-E (exercise-exercise) condition. The exercise bout included a 15-minute moderate-intensity walk on a treadmill. Memory recall was assessed via a 15 word-list task. Memory recall was greater for R-R (8.71 ± 3.1) versus R-E (7.46 ± 2.8), and similarl.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/1767

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Memory-Related Encoding-Specificity Paradigm: Experimental Application to the Exercise Domain ; volume:15 ; number:3 ; day:27 ; month:09 ; year:2019 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 15, Heft 3 (27.09.2019)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Danielle Yanes ; Emily Frith ; Paul D. Loprinzi

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v15i3.1767
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101416422479169953
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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