This DATSETNAMEreadme.txt file was generated on [20230713] ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset Exercise Intensity and Fractionated Response Time 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name:Danielle R. Martineau Institution: Biomedical Science Program, University of New Hampshire Email: Danielle.Martineau@unh.edu Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name:Ronald V. Croce Institution:Kinesiology Department, Biomechanics & Motor Control Lab, University of New Hampshire Email: Ronald.Croce@unh.edu Alternate Contact Information Name: Wayne Smith Institution: Electrical Engineering Department, University of New Hampshire Email: Wayne.Smith@unh.edu 3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) FY 2022-23 -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Links to publications that cite or use the data: 2. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: 3. Was data derived from another source? No If yes, list source(s): 4. Recommended citation for the data: --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: MartineauCroceSmith-Data-ExerRPT.xlsx Short description: -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Participants: Twenty-seven participants (16, male; 11, female) from the University of New Hampshire between the ages of 18-25 (mean age = 21.9 years) took part in 1-choice, 5-choice, and DT conditions prior to and after an acute bout of either LI, MI, or HI of aerobic exercise on a bike ergometer. Participants were recreational active in that they exercised 3-5/wk. for approximately 1-hr/session. Participants were not allowed to take part in the study if they: (1) participated competitively in an endurance-related sport or activity, (2) had a serious chronic mental illness, (3) had serious cardiac issues, (4) were on antidepressants or anxiolytics, (5) had respiratory problems such as asthma that may compromise exercising on a bike ergometer, (6) had orthopedic or arthritic conditions that may impede exercising on a bike ergometer or moving the upper extremity when performing the reaction time tasks, or (7) had a history of traumatic brain injuries, had a learning disability, had attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or had a psychiatric or neurological diagnosis. Exclusion criteria prior to partaking in both session-1 and session-2 included not performing strenuous aerobic activity within 12 hours prior to each session, not consuming any alcohol within 24 hours prior to each session, and not consuming caffeine the day of each session as these can influence HR and exercise performance. Experimental Design and Procedures: In the first session (about 30-40-min) participants were given (1) an explanation of the study’s purpose and importance, (2) a detailed explanation of the three choice conditions used in the experiment and how the RPT apparatus worked was given, and (3) an explanation of the three exercise intensities, one of which they would be placed, and how the bike ergometer worked. After reading the informed consent and consenting to participate, participants were given a pre-participation health screening questionnaire as explained previously. After completing the informed consent and the pre-participation health screening questionnaire, participants were randomly assigned into one of the following three groups for Session-2 when participants engaged in the acute exercise bout: (1) a low intensity exercise group (LIE), where participants exercised for 12-min between 35-40% max HR; (2) a moderate intensity exercise group (MIE), where participants exercised for 12-min between 55-60%% max HR; or (3) a high intensity exercise group (HIE), where participants exercised for 12-min between 75-80% max HR. All exercise sessions in session-2 included a 2-min warm-up and 1-min cool down, leading to a total exercise time of 15-min, which corresponds to previous investigations. After informed consent was signed and participants were placed into their respective exercise groups, determination of their appropriate exercise heart rate range commenced. This consisted of a bout of exercise on a stationary bike ergometer (MONARCH, Model 894E, http://www.hcifitness.com/Monark-894e-Wingate-Testing-Bike-Ergometer) in which participants were attached to a Polar heart monitor and sensor (Polar Fit1, 15 Grumman Road West, Bethpage, NY 11714) (Figure 3). Using the Karvonen Heart Rate Formula (Gibson, et al., 2019), participants were brought to their designated target heart rate range (values for between 35-40% max HR, 55-60%% max HR, or 75-80% max HR) by pedaling at a rate of 70-rpm and when necessary, adding small weights to the bike until the desired heart rate range was achieved. This information was recorded and used for session-2 when participants engaged in the acute bout of exercise. Participants were seated on bike ergometer with their knees at between 30- to 35-degrees for maximum efficiency and minimal knee- and ankle-joint stress. The last part of Session-1 included having participants perform 20 practice trials on the 1-choice, 5-choice, and DT tests to become familiar with each of the tests and to minimize potential learning effects that may occur during Session-2 testing. In the second session participants were pre-tested (prior to exercise and used as baseline measurements) in each of the three conditions (1-choice, 5-choice, and DT). The order of testing was counterbalanced to control for potential learning effects. Before baseline testing, however, participants engaged in 20 practice trials of each condition to refamiliarize them with the testing conditions, to obtain truer baseline measurements, and to minimize practice-related improvements in RT, MT, and RPT that may have occurred over the course of test sessions. After baseline measurements were taken, participants engaged in a 12-min bout of aerobic bike exercise at their designated heart rate, which also included a 2-min warmup and a 1-min cool down. One-min (immediate effects) and then again 20-min (short-term effects), participants were again tested on the three conditions in the same order tested in pretesting. Participants performed 10-trials in each of the RPT conditions at each of the test times (pre, post 1-min, post 20-min). For data analysis, high and low RPT scores were omitted, and the middle eight trials were averaged. It took participants approximately 2-min to complete the RPT tasks during each testing session. 2. Methods for processing the data: For each test measurement (1-choice, 5-choice, DT), TRT, PMT and MT time scores (msec) were analyzed via separate 3 (Group [LIE, MIE, HIE]) x 3 (Test Blocks [pre, post 1-min, post 20-min]) repeated measures ANOVA. To control for type-1 error the Bonferroni correction factor was used determining significant alpha levels (p > 0.05). To adjusting for the lack of sphericity in repeated measures ANOVA, the Greenhouse-Geisser correction factor was used. Cohen’s d (r) was used to determine effect size for all significant effects. The following parameters were used to determine effect size: a value of 0.2 represented a small effect size, a value of 0.5 represented a medium effect size, and a value of 0.8 represented a large effect size. 3. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: MartineauCroceSmith-Data-ExerRPT.xlsx ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 2. Number of cases/rows: 3. Variable List A. Name: [variable name] Description: [description of the variable] Value labels if appropriate B. Name: [variable name] Description: [description of the variable] Value labels if appropriate 4. Specialized formats of other abbreviations used