Table 1.
Statistical results. Significant effects are highlighted in bold.
| ANOVAS | Result | Neuman–Keuls post-hoc tests |
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| Learning: accuracy (% correct) |
Block: F(2, 34) = 23.16, p < 0.00001 Visit theme: F(2, 34) = 1.92, p = 0.16 Interaction: F(4, 68) = 0.56; p = 0.69 |
Block 1–2 p = 0.008 Block 1- p = 0.0001 Block 2–3: p = 0.0005 |
| Learning: efficiency (accuracy/reaction time (s)) |
Block: F(2, 34) = 17.64, p = 0.00001 Visit theme: F(2, 34) = 0.16, p = 0.85 Interaction: F(4, 68) = 0.41, p = 0.80 |
Block1-2 p = 0.002 Block 1–3 p = 0.0001 Block 2–3 p = 0.016 |
| Heart rate | Exercising condition: F(2, 34) = 1672.9, p < 0.00001 |
Mod-rest p = 0.0001 High-rest p = 0.0001 Mod-high p = 0.0001 |
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Test: accuracy For visit theme and relational distance |
Visit theme: F(2,102) = 1.40, p = 0.25 Relational distance: F(2,51) = 0.09, p = 0.90 Interaction: F(4,102) = 0.28, p = 0.89 |
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| Test: accuracy |
Exercising condition: F(2, 102) = 4.01, p = 0.02 Relational distance: F(2,51) = 0.14, p = 0.98 Interaction: F(4,102) = 0.45, p = 0.77 |
Mod-rest p = 0.02 High-rest p = 0.33 Mod-high p = 0.07 (trend) |
| Test: efficiency |
Exercising condition: F(1, 102) = 6.03, p = 0.003 Relational distance: F(2,51) = 0.30, p = 0.74 Interaction: F(4,102) = 0.043, p = 0.99 |
Mod-rest p = 0.016 High-rest p = 0.37 Mod-high p = 0.0032 |
| AEA | Exercising condition: F(2, 34) = 39.27, p < 0.00001 |
Mod-rest p = 0.0001 High-rest p = 0.0001 Mod-high p = 0.12 |
| BDNF | Exercising condition: F(2, 34) = 4.78, p = 0.01 |
Mod-rest p = 0.045 High-rest p = 0.01 Mod-high p = 0.17 |
| PVT | Mean, median reaction times, nb lapses, nb false alarms: all p > 0.05 for Exercising condition | |
| POMS | Exercising condition: all p > 0.05 | |
| Decoding |
Trial Type: F(2, 34) = 33.77, p < 0.00001 Exercising condition: F(2,35) = 2.03, p = 0.15 Interaction: F(4, 68) = 2.58, p = 0.04 |
Hit-error p = 0.0001 Hit-control p = 0.02 Error-control p = 0.0001 |
| Decoding of hits | Exercising condition: F(2, 34) = 9.43, p = 0.0006 |
Mod-rest p = 0.0001 High-rest p = 0.66 Mod-high p = 0.0001 |
| Decoding of errors | Exercising condition: F(2,34) = 0.24, p = 0.78 | |
| Decoding of control trials | Exercising condition: F(2,34) = 2.28, p = 0.12 | |
| Retest: accuracy | Exercising condition: F(2,34) = 3.46, p = 0.042 |
Mod-rest p = 0.03 High-rest p = 0.18 Mod-high p = 0.21 |
| Retest: efficiency | Exercising condition: F(2,34) = 2.93, p = 0.07 | |
| T-TESTS | Result | |
| Retest Moderate vs chance level | t(17) = 2.81, p = 0.01 | |
| Retest Rest vs chance level | t(17) = − 1.28, p = 0.21 | |
| Retest High vs chance level | t(17) = 0.51, p = 0.62 | |
| CORRELATIONS | ||
| VO2max vs. hit rate, efficiency, AEA, BDNF | All p > 0.05 | |
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ΔBDNF mod-rest vs decoding moderate ΔAEA mod-rest vs decoding moderate |
R = 0.53, p = 0.02, pcorrected = 0.04 R = − 0.03, p = 0.889 |
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ΔBDNF high-rest vs decoding high ΔAEA high-rest vs decoding high |
R = 0.21, p = 0.13, pcorrected = 0.26 R = − 0.11, p = 0.66 |
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ΔBDNF mod-rest vs performance test to retest moderate ΔAEA mod-rest vs performance test to retest moderate |
R = 0.55, p = 0.02, pcorrected = 0.04 R = 0.177, p = 0.48 |
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ΔBDNF high-rest vs performance test to retest high ΔAEA high-rest vs performance test to retest high |
R = 0.31, p = 0.20, pcorrected = 0.40 R = 0.01, p = 0.96 |
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