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Li-Yu Wu1, Hsiu-Chin Hsu2,3, Lee-Fen Ni1,4,5
1Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan 333424, Taiwan.
Behavioral Sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|April 26, 2024
Summary
Aerobic exercise improved emotional cognitive control in perimenopausal women. Post-exercise, they showed faster reactions to emotional words and reduced errors, indicating enhanced executive function.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Exercise Physiology
- Cognitive Psychology
Background:
- Exercise benefits cognitive control in most populations.
- Impact of exercise on perimenopausal women's cognition is not well understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate aerobic exercise effects on perimenopausal women's cognitive processes.
- Utilize the emotional Stroop task (EST) to assess cognitive performance.
Main Methods:
- Quasi-experimental pilot study with perimenopausal (Peri-MG) and young women (YG).
- Participants completed EST before and after aerobic cycling.
- Analyzed reaction times (RTs) and error rates (ERs) using mixed-effects models.
Main Results:
- Perimenopausal women showed significantly shorter RTs for positive and negative emotions post-exercise.
- No significant change in RTs for neutral words in perimenopausal women.
- Perimenopausal women had higher baseline error rates for negative words, which normalized post-exercise.
Conclusions:
- Aerobic exercise enhances executive control in perimenopausal women.
- Perimenopausal women exhibit behavioral plasticity, with reduced bias to salient cues after exercise.
- Findings improve understanding of perimenopausal emotional vulnerability and exercise benefits.
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