Journal•ISSN: 1878-0199
Mental Health and Physical Activity
Elsevier BV
About: Mental Health and Physical Activity is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Mental health & Anxiety. It has an ISSN identifier of 1878-0199. Over the lifetime, 456 publications have been published receiving 9570 citations.
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TL;DR: This article investigated the effects of physical activity on memory performance in preadolescents and found that an acute bout of submaximal exercise, as performed by students during physical education class, may facilitate memory storage.
257 citations
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TL;DR: While walking is a promising treatment for depression or depressive symptoms with few, if any, contraindications, further investigations to establish the frequency, intensity, duration and type(s) of effective walking interventions particularly in primary care populations would be beneficial for providing further recommendations to clinical practitioners.
201 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on application of neuroscience techniques to exercise psychology for the purpose of obtaining better answers to questions about the effects of acute exercise on mood and other affective experiences.
174 citations
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TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting the mental health and movement behaviour of UK university students, though no association between these constructs was identified.
167 citations
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TL;DR: PA appears to be an effective intervention for reducing depression/depressive symptoms and improving physical self-perceptions, although additional high-quality research and moderator analyses are needed to determine what type of PA interventions may result in better mental health outcomes for children and youth.
153 citations