2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Availability of implicitly learned information based on physical activity level

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22730594
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Experimental psychology
Research Institution	Kinki University
Principal Investigator	ENDO Nobutaka 近畿大学, 総合社会学部, 准教授 (00454869)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Keywords	身体活動レベル / 潜在学習 / 視覚的文脈
Research Abstract	Visual context, such as a spatial relationship of the objects is thought as one of the important factors to control our behavior. This study examined whether physical activity levels influence the occurrence of implicit learning of visual context. The results showed that learning of visual context occurred only in the high active group. However, there was no difference in efficiencies of attentional control between the high and the low active groups. These results suggest a possibility that the occurrence of implicit learning of visual context is affected by physical activity level, and regular physical activity would have a benefit to use the learned context information.

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