Endurance Exercise Enhances Emotional Valence and Emotion Regulation

Figure 1. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) Probe Setup (red dots = sources, blue = detectors). Figure previously published in Giles et al. (2017; copyright license number 4436570673169).

Figure 2. Schematic representation of one study session. The experiment consisted of two experimental sessions, during which participants either Walked or Ran for 90 min. Abbreviations include the feeling scale (FS), felt arousal scale (FAS), rated perceived exertion scale (RPE) and cognitive reappraisal task (CRT).

Figure 3. Channel 12 oxygenated hemoglobin (O2Hb), total hemoglobin (tHb) and deoxygenated hemoglobin (dHb) concentration (mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM), in μM) for each Exercise and Time during the Stroop test (n = 36).

Figure 4. Reappraisal success means (SEM) within participants who adhered to the cognitive reappraisal instruction only (n = 17) and those who utilized other uninstructed emotion regulation strategies (n = 19) after each Exercise.

Figure 5. Channel 4 O2Hb, tHb and dHb β weight means (SEM) during the CRT preparatory period (upon picture presentation before decrease/maintain instruction; n = 36).

Figure 6. Channel 4 O2Hb, tHb and dHb β weight means (SEM) during the CRT regulation period (upon decrease/maintain instruction; n = 36).