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  • Gerontology

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  • Cognitive functions like task switching decline with age.
  • Aerobic exercise is known to benefit cognitive health in older adults.
  • The optimal exercise duration for cognitive benefits remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the dose-response relationship between aerobic exercise duration and task switching performance in older adults.
  • To identify the specific exercise duration that optimizes task switching.
  • To assess the impact of varying exercise durations on different task switching conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Participants: Older adults.
  • Intervention: Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise sessions of varying durations (e.g., 10, 20, 45 minutes) and a control condition.
  • Measures: Response times and accuracy on task switching paradigms (heterogeneous, non-switch, switch, homogeneous conditions).

Main Results:

  • A 20-minute exercise session led to faster response times compared to control and 10-minute sessions across most conditions.
  • Both linear and cubic trends indicated that longer exercise durations predicted faster switching performance.
  • Performance after 45 minutes was not significantly different from other durations, suggesting a plateau or diminishing returns.

Conclusions:

  • Acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for 20 minutes is an effective duration for improving task switching in older adults.
  • While longer durations do not offer additional benefits for task switching, they do not negatively impact performance.
  • Exercise durations beyond 20 minutes may still confer other health benefits for older adults.