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Exercise Modulates Working Memory-Related Brain Activation Through Bidirectional Neural Mechanisms: An ALE Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional fMRI Studies

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Brain Sciences

Abstract

Background Physical exercise improves working memory (WM) across the lifespan, yet the neural mechanisms underlying this benefit remain incompletely understood, and it is unclear whether intervention-induced neuroplastic changes and long-term exercise-related differences converge on common neural circuits.

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Shanghai International Studies University · Shanghai University of Sport

Brain Sciences · 12 Sep 2026 · CC BY

doi.org/10.3390/brainsci16090963PubMed 42793388

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