A single bout of open-skill exercise improves short-term memory performance in primary-school children of both age groups (7–8 and 9–10 years).¶
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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causalr2·q3
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q3 i? Children aged 7–8 showed better STM performance at post-exercise retest after open-skill exercise (p < 0.001). → Ottoboni Giovanni 2021 (2)
q3 i? Children aged 9–10 also improved after open-skill exercise (p = 0.007). → Ottoboni Giovanni 2021 (2)
Evidence¶
Ottoboni Giovanni 2021¶
Ottoboni Giovanni, Ceciliani Andrea, Tessari Alessia. (2021). The Effect of Structured Exercise on Short-Term Memory Subsystems: New Insight on Training Activities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147545
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Randomized three-group experiment with 125 children tested before and after a 30-min activity. The open-skill ball team game group aged 7–8 improved at retest, "t(22) = 3.86, p < 0.001", while closed-skill and control conditions showed no effect in this age group.
"in the group aged 7–8 years, we found a positive effect of the open-skill exercise with a better performance at T1, post-exercise retest (one-tailed corrected t-test, t(22) = 3.86, p < 0.001), but no effect of both closed-skill and control activities (p > 0.05)."
Ottoboni Giovanni 2021 (2)¶
Ottoboni Giovanni, Ceciliani Andrea, Tessari Alessia. (2021). The Effect of Structured Exercise on Short-Term Memory Subsystems: New Insight on Training Activities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147545
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In the same experiment, the older group (9–10 years) improved after open-skill exercise, "t(20) = 2.68, p = 0.007", and also after closed-skill exercise, but the control condition did not improve.
"On the contrary, in older children (aged 9–10 years) we found a positive effect of both open-skill activity (one-tailed corrected t-test, t(20) = 2.68, p = 0.007) and closed-skill activity (one-tailed t-test, t(21) = 1.76, p = 0.046) on the cognitive performance at T1, post-exercise retest, but no improvement in the control condition (p > 0.05)."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- A single bout of closed-skill exercise improves short-term memory performance only in older primary-school children (9–10 years), not in 7–8-year-olds. — related
- The effect of a single exercise bout on children's short-term memory depends on an interaction of time, age, and exercise type. — a broader claim this one bears on
- A sedentary control condition (Italian grammar lesson) produces no improvement in children's short-term memory performance at either age. — related
- The timing of acute exercise relative to learning modulates memory consolidation — related
- Short-term memory task profiles differ by age: 7–8-year-olds show no verbal–spatial difference, while 9–10-year-olds show a verbal > visuo-spatial > motor gradient. — related
- Age may moderate acute PA effects on attention: effects appeared for 9–10 year olds but not 7–8 year olds — related
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A single bout of open-skill exercise improves short-term memory performance in primary-school children of both age groups (7–8 and 9–10 years). |
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A single bout of open-skill exercise improves short-term memory performance in primary-school children of both age groups (7–8 and 9–10 years). |
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