Evidence for improved memory from 5 minutes of immediate, post-encoding exercise among women.

Memories consolidate over time, with one consequence being that what we experience learning can influence what we remember. In these experiments, women who engaged in 5 minutes of low-impact exercise immediately after learning showed better recall for paired associations than did women who engaged in a non-exercise control activity. In experiments 1 and 2, this benefit was apparent in a direct comparison between exercise and non-exercise groups.