Article
EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE ON THE EPISODIC MEMORY IN HEALTHY ELDERLY CHILEANS
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LIBERABIT-REVISTA DE PSICOLOGIA,Vol.21,81-89,2015
Autor
Lopez, Norman
Veliz, Alex
Allegri, Ricardo
Soto Anari, Marcio
Chesta, Sergio
Carlos Coronado, Juan
Institución
Resumen
Our objective was to analyze the effect of a regular physical activity program on the verbal and visuospatial episodic memory on mentally healthy elderly Chileans. Participated 74 elderly women without cognitive impairment -divided into an intervention group = 34 elderly women, who carried out physical activity for six months; and a control group = 40 sedentary women. We used the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), and the Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT) for the evaluation of the episodic memory. Analysis were performed inter-and intra-group with t student and d of Cohen to measure the effect size of t-tests. The results showed statistically significant differences in the post-test between the Intervention Group (IG) and Control Group (CG); noticing better yields in the verbal and visual episodic memory of the IG with a large size effect. It is concluded that regular physical activity increases the processing capacity, retention, and evocation of the verbal and visual episodic information in healthy elderly women.