Acute Exercise and Motor Memory Consolidation: The Role of Exercise Timing
Table 2
Results for tests of sustained attention, spatial working memory, PANAS, sleepiness, physical activity level, and sleep (mean ± SE). Significantly different from main experiment ().
CON
EX90
EX90+1
EX90+2
Sustained attention (total hits)
21.0 ± 1.0
23.1 ± 1.1
22.7 ± 0.8
20.6 ± 1.5
Spatial working memory (total errors)
11.1 ± 3.6
11.9 ± 2.4
7.7 ± 2.7
11.8 ± 3.0
PANAS
PAS
(i) Main experiment
30.3 ± 2.2
28.7 ± 1.8
26.6 ± 1.9
29.8 ± 2.0
(ii) R1
28.9 ± 2.3
28.9 ± 2.2
30.0 ± 2.5
32.2 ± 1.7
(iii) R7
28.2 ± 2.8
28.6 ± 2.6
28.2 ± 2.1
31.0 ± 1.7
NAS
(i) Main experiment
11.8 ± 0.6
12.3 ± 0.5
12.8 ± 1.3
11.6 ± 0.5
(ii) R1
11.7 ± 0.6
11.8 ± 0.5
11.8 ± 1.7
10.4 ± 0.2
(iii) R7
11.9 ± 1.0
10.8 ± 0.3
11.1 ± 0.7
10.0 ± 0.0
Sleepiness (main experiment)
2.6 ± 0.2
2.8 ± 0.3
3.2 ± 0.4
3.1 ± 0.3
Sleep diary (hours slept prior to)
(i) Main experiment
7.8 ± 0.3
7.3 ± 0.4
7.4 ± 0.2
6.7 ± 0.4
(ii) R1
7.6 ± 0.3
7.6 ± 0.3
7.6 ± 0.3
7.6 ± 0.3
(iii) R7
7.6 ± 0.2
7.4 ± 0.3
7.4 ± 0.3
7.3 ± 0.3
PANAS = positive and negative affect schedule, PAS = positive affect schedule, and NAS = negative affect schedule.
