Effects of Acute Moderate Intensity Exercise on Emotion Based on beta Power in EEG.

According to previous studies, high anxiety leads to an increase in beta power, while pleasure and relaxation of emotion reduces beta power. In this experiment, the International Standard Picture Stimulation Library(IAPS) was used to induce positive and negative emotions of subjects, and EEG signals were collected when subjects were looking at pictures. Comparing the beta power of positive and negative EEG induced by before and after exercise, we found that the power of beta stimulated by positive and negative pictures before exercise is generally greater than that after exercise. It indicates that subjects were happier when facing positive stimuli than before exercise, and less negative emotions were produced when facing negative stimuli than before exercise. In short, acute moderate intensity exercise can improve people's negative emotion in the face of negative stimuli. The purpose of this study is to explore the mechanism of the effect of acute moderate intensity exercise on emotion by analyzing beta power in late positive potential (LPP).