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Exercising in morning might make it harder to remember things that evening, study suggests
Exercising first thing in the morning makes long-term memory recall increasingly hard as the day continues, according to surprising results from an undergraduate student-led study that challenges conventional wisdom about the positive role physical activity plays in making new memories.
“If you’re going to exercise in the morning, you might have a little trouble remembering things you learn later in the day,” said Arth Pahwa, medical student in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry and lead author on the study.
The idea for the study originated with Pahwa, who was an undergrad student in the Faculty of Science in 2015 when he started up an early-morning exercise routine.