Acute effects of light exercise on subjectively experienced well-being: Benefits in only three minutes

Szabó, Attila; Gáspár, Zoltán; Abraham, Julia

doi:10.2478/bjha-2013-0024

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“…Study 1 concluded that associations reflecting previous experiences and cultural beliefs may play an important role in the benefits of acute exercise (Stetler 2014). The present study extended the previous literature (Szabo & Ábrahám 2013; Szabo, Gaspar & Abraham, 2013) by proposing not only affective but also inhibition benefits. This expectation‐based effect was a self‐fulfilling prophecy that matches the expectation model of the placebo effect (Stewart‐Williams & Podd 2004).…”

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Can placebo and nocebo affect post‐exercise executive function?

Wang

Gao

Guo

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Scandinavian J Psychology

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This study examined the placebo and nocebo effects of conditioning and induced expectations on executive function after acute aerobic exercise. The results showed that the benefits of exercise on executive function were influenced by both conditioning and induced expectations. Further, positive conditioning or expectations enhanced cognitive benefits, negative conditioning or expectations reduced cognitive benefits, but induced expectations on executive function were not moderated by conditioning. This study revealed and quantitively estimated the placebo and nocebo effects in improving executive function after acute aerobic exercise, providing evidence to advance the understanding of the cognitive benefits of exercise.

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Can placebo and nocebo affect post‐exercise executive function?

Wang

Gao

Guo

et al. 2023

Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…Very recently it was reported that mood stabilizers' relative efficacy in treating bipolar depression might be unrelated to the active drug response rates (Bartoli et al, 2018). Further, Szabo (2013) argued that part of the beneficial psychological effects of certain mood-enhancing interventions, like physical exercise (Szabo, Gaspar, and Abraham (2013), or deep-breathing (Szabo & Kocsis, 2016), may be attributed to positive expectations related to the outcome of the intervention. In other words, part of the responses may belong to the placebo phenomenon.…”

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Super Pill is Less Effective than an Ordinary Mint in Altering Subjective Psychological Feeling States within a Few Minutes

Szabó

Jobbágy

Köteles

2018

The Journal of General Psychology

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Expectations shape human behavior. Initial drug use might be associated with information-based expectations. In this study, we presumed that changes in affect and perceived physical wellbeing will be stronger after receiving an active placebo (Tic Tac mint; n = 40), than a pure placebo (inert pill; n = 40) given as a mood-enhancing "super pill." After baseline measures, participants completed a treatment-expectancy scale, ingested the mint/super pill, and attended to the effects over 3-minutes. Subsequently, they completed again the psychological tests. Expectancy scores were positive and did not differ between the groups. The pure placebo group increased in physical wellbeing but less than the active placebo group, which also showed an increase in positive affect. Negative affect decreased in both groups. The Tic Tac produced greater affective changes than the pure placebo. Since these are new findings on the ultra-short placebo effects on affect, the results might have relevance for drug-use studies.

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Psychologische Auswirkungen des 50-Meter-Schwimmens: Spielt die Tempomanipulation eine Rolle?

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Rausz

Szabó

2022

Ger J Exerc Sport Res

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Swimming is one of the world’s most popular recreational exercises and sports. Scholastic writings consistently demonstrate their physical and mental benefits. In contrast to earlier works, the current field experiment examined whether an ultrashort 50 m bout of swimming could yield positive changes in affect. It also tested whether swimming aided by steady and augmenting tempo (drumbeats) could generate additional psychological benefits, abbreviate swim time, and increase heart rate and perceived effort. Forty-eight adults completed freestyle or breaststroke 50 m laps in three counterbalanced conditions. The tempo manipulation did not influence any of the measures. However, simmers’ core affect increased as manifested in higher self-reported feeling states and arousal, regardless of the experimental condition. Similarly, participants’ positive affect was also increased after 50 m laps, and it was higher in breaststroke than freestyle swimmers throughout the study. No changes emerged in negative affect due to floor effects. These results show that core and positive affect improve after less than one minute of swimming, which might be the shortest ever exercise interval associated with positive psychological changes in recreational exercise. Several possible explanations could account for these findings. Therefore, further research is needed to identify the specific mechanism(s) responsible for the current results.

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Acute effects of light exercise on subjectively experienced well-being: Benefits in only three minutes

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

Can placebo and nocebo affect post‐exercise executive function?

Can placebo and nocebo affect post‐exercise executive function?

Super Pill is Less Effective than an Ordinary Mint in Altering Subjective Psychological Feeling States within a Few Minutes

Psychologische Auswirkungen des 50-Meter-Schwimmens: Spielt die Tempomanipulation eine Rolle?

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