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The Relationship Between Attitudes Towards Exercise And Endorphin Release On Cognitive Performance Following Treadmill Running, Chance Swanson, Alex Ficarro, Timothy Schoenfeld Phd
The Relationship Between Attitudes Towards Exercise And Endorphin Release On Cognitive Performance Following Treadmill Running, Chance Swanson, Alex Ficarro, Timothy Schoenfeld Phd
Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)
Exercise is cost-effective and reliably suggested to rescue cognitive decline in aging populations (Gomez-Pinilla & Hillman, 2013; Karssemeijer et al., 2017). In addition, exercise enhances cognitive functioning across the lifespan (Ellemberg & St. Louis-Deschenes, 2010; Jentsch & Wolf, 2020; Roig et al., 2013), however the specific mechanisms of exercise that enhance cognition are still unclear. Because exercise is linked with the brain’s opioid system (Farrell et al., 1982), the purpose of this project is to determine how the opioid system is activated by exercise to affect cognitive functioning. Additionally, we know that acute exercise enhances cognitive function and releases beta-endorphins, …