The Effects of Acute Physical Exercise on Memory, Peripheral BDNF, and Cortisol in Young Adults

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(a) Mean saliva cortisol at baseline (), after learning (), after exercising/relaxing (), and 20 minutes after exercising (), separately for the high-intensity exercise group, the low-intensity exercise group, and the relaxing group. (b) Mean changes in cortisol from baseline to the assessment 20 minutes after exercising/relaxing. Positive values indicate an increase in cortisol. Error bars depict 1 standard error of the mean.

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