Acute exercise alleviates negative affect, enhances positive affect, and reduces stress responses, with mood effects lasting up to 24 hours¶
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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · reviewr2·q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Acute exercise decreases negative affect and enhances positive mood states, with effects occurring immediately after and lasting up to one day post-exercise cessation. → Basso Julia C. 2017
q2 i? Acute exercise reduces physiological stress responses to laboratory stressors such as mental arithmetic and public speaking. → Basso Julia C. 2017 (2)
Evidence¶
Basso Julia C. 2017¶
Basso Julia C., Suzuki Wendy A. (2017). The Effects of Acute Exercise on Mood, Cognition, Neurophysiology, and Neurochemical Pathways: A Review. Brain Plasticity. https://doi.org/10.3233/BPL-160040
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Narrative review of acute exercise interventions assessing mood with self-report questionnaires such as the POMS and PANAS. The review reports bidirectional mood effects and their 24-hour duration. Quotes the fragment "alleviates negative as well as enhances positive mood states".
"These acute interventions have shown that exercise alleviates negative as well as enhances positive mood states [52], with effects occurring immediately after and lasting up to one day post-exercise cessation [28, 29, 53]"
Basso Julia C. 2017 (2)¶
Basso Julia C., Suzuki Wendy A. (2017). The Effects of Acute Exercise on Mood, Cognition, Neurophysiology, and Neurochemical Pathways: A Review. Brain Plasticity. https://doi.org/10.3233/BPL-160040
q2 · i? · review · r2
Narrative review section on stress responses, citing studies using laboratory stress procedures. The review attributes the blood-pressure reduction to suppression of the sympathetic nervous system response, per Brownley and colleagues. Quotes the fragment "decreases stress-related blood pressure responses".
"Acute exercise, for example, decreases stress-related blood pressure responses to laboratory-based stressors including mental arithmetic, public speaking, neuropsychological assessments, or the cold pressor test [30, 60]"
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Physical Well-Being — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- In adults with ADHD, acute cardio exercise does not improve sustained attention but enhances mood and motivation — related
- Acute exercise produces an overall small positive effect on cognition, with executive functions benefiting most and effects lasting up to two hours post-exercise — related
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acute-exercise-mood-and-stress-effects |
title |
Acute exercise alleviates negative affect, enhances positive affect, and reduces stress responses, with mood effects lasting up to 24 hours |
description |
Acute exercise alleviates negative affect, enhances positive affect, and reduces stress responses, with mood effects lasting up to 24 hours |
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review |
evidence_strength |
weak |
newest_evidence |
2017 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-17 |
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2 — basso-julia-c-2017, basso-julia-c-2017-2 |
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