Some small experiments related to this effect. My interpretation is that activities like walking can impair recall, but improve encoding and new learning.
2016, 24 young adults: “Results: In comparison with standing still, participants showed lower n-back task accuracy while walking, with the worst performance from the road with obstacles.”
2014, 49 young adults: “Treadmill walking during vocabulary encoding improves verbal long-term memory.”
2014, 20 young adults: No significant difference in a spatial working memory task for any walk speed, including standing still.
2021, 11 people with MS-related impairments in new learning: Moderate to large improvement in a verbal learning task.
2011, 80 college students: “ Walking before study enhances free recall but not judgement-of-learning magnitude.”
Some small experiments related to this effect. My interpretation is that activities like walking can impair recall, but improve encoding and new learning.
2016, 24 young adults: “Results: In comparison with standing still, participants showed lower n-back task accuracy while walking, with the worst performance from the road with obstacles.”
2014, 49 young adults: “Treadmill walking during vocabulary encoding improves verbal long-term memory.”
2014, 20 young adults: No significant difference in a spatial working memory task for any walk speed, including standing still.
2021, 11 people with MS-related impairments in new learning: Moderate to large improvement in a verbal learning task.
2011, 80 college students: “ Walking before study enhances free recall but not judgement-of-learning magnitude.”
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/behavioral-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00092/full
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1744-9081-10-24
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00288/full
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1551714421002998?casa_token=HrgrESH2FzEAAAAA:TVXtI20lXKux0wnOUGlM_iONup8gslQ1lsGd8dxa0QlWAhN1XFA-pGK6xWxYYQkkYJgca2MnLg
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20445911.2011.532207