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

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Memory for newly learned vocabulary. (a) Mean number of correctly recalled words at day one (60 minutes after learning) and at day two (24 h after learning), separately for the high-intensity group, the low-intensity group, and the relaxing group. (b) Retention after 24 hours, defined as the difference between numbers of correctly recalled words at day one minus day two. Error bars depict 1 standard error of the mean.

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