Transient Destabilization of Declarative Memory—Opposing Impact of Physical Exercise or Rest after Encoding in Typically Developing Children and Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but No Difference after Subsequent Sleep

Background: Children are especially sensitive to a broad range of influences and show a remarkable capacity for learning. One prominent example is declarative memory, which may be influenced by a variety of factors and is impaired in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Exercise and slee...

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Main Authors: Manuel Munz, Lioba Baving, Alexander Prehn-Kristensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/3/322
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description Background: Children are especially sensitive to a broad range of influences and show a remarkable capacity for learning. One prominent example is declarative memory, which may be influenced by a variety of factors and is impaired in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Exercise and sleep, or both combined, might foster declarative memory. Methods: Here, 12 typically developing children (TDC) and 12 age-matched children with ADHD participated in an exercise and rest condition before a night in the sleep laboratory. Declarative memory was encoded before exercise or rest and retrieved before and after a night of sleep. Results: Exercise in TDC but rest in ADHD lead to a transient destabilization of declarative memory, while there were no more differences after a night of sleep. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep latency was prolonged after exercise in both groups. Conclusions: Exercise leads to opposing effects on immediate declarative memory formation. The factors or contexts that promote or hinder declarative memory formation in children ADHD and TDC differ, and further work is needed to determine the recommendations for declarative learning in children with ADHD.
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spelling doaj.art-88f84a440c354e40a240d512a9743b632023-11-24T00:37:26ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252022-02-0112332210.3390/brainsci12030322Transient Destabilization of Declarative Memory—Opposing Impact of Physical Exercise or Rest after Encoding in Typically Developing Children and Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but No Difference after Subsequent SleepManuel Munz0Lioba Baving1Alexander Prehn-Kristensen2Central Outpatient Department, Center for Integrative Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Christian-Albrecht University Kiel, 24105 Kiel, GermanyDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Center for Integrative Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Christian-Albrecht University Kiel, 24105 Kiel, GermanyDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Center for Integrative Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Christian-Albrecht University Kiel, 24105 Kiel, GermanyBackground: Children are especially sensitive to a broad range of influences and show a remarkable capacity for learning. One prominent example is declarative memory, which may be influenced by a variety of factors and is impaired in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Exercise and sleep, or both combined, might foster declarative memory. Methods: Here, 12 typically developing children (TDC) and 12 age-matched children with ADHD participated in an exercise and rest condition before a night in the sleep laboratory. Declarative memory was encoded before exercise or rest and retrieved before and after a night of sleep. Results: Exercise in TDC but rest in ADHD lead to a transient destabilization of declarative memory, while there were no more differences after a night of sleep. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep latency was prolonged after exercise in both groups. Conclusions: Exercise leads to opposing effects on immediate declarative memory formation. The factors or contexts that promote or hinder declarative memory formation in children ADHD and TDC differ, and further work is needed to determine the recommendations for declarative learning in children with ADHD.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/3/322declarative memoryattention deficit hyperactivity disordertypically developing childrenexercisesleep
spellingShingle Manuel Munz
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Alexander Prehn-Kristensen
Transient Destabilization of Declarative Memory—Opposing Impact of Physical Exercise or Rest after Encoding in Typically Developing Children and Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but No Difference after Subsequent Sleep
Brain Sciences
declarative memory
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
typically developing children
exercise
sleep
title Transient Destabilization of Declarative Memory—Opposing Impact of Physical Exercise or Rest after Encoding in Typically Developing Children and Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but No Difference after Subsequent Sleep
title_full Transient Destabilization of Declarative Memory—Opposing Impact of Physical Exercise or Rest after Encoding in Typically Developing Children and Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but No Difference after Subsequent Sleep
title_fullStr Transient Destabilization of Declarative Memory—Opposing Impact of Physical Exercise or Rest after Encoding in Typically Developing Children and Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but No Difference after Subsequent Sleep
title_full_unstemmed Transient Destabilization of Declarative Memory—Opposing Impact of Physical Exercise or Rest after Encoding in Typically Developing Children and Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but No Difference after Subsequent Sleep
title_short Transient Destabilization of Declarative Memory—Opposing Impact of Physical Exercise or Rest after Encoding in Typically Developing Children and Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder but No Difference after Subsequent Sleep
title_sort transient destabilization of declarative memory opposing impact of physical exercise or rest after encoding in typically developing children and children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder but no difference after subsequent sleep
topic declarative memory
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
typically developing children
exercise
sleep
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/3/322
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