Physical Activity Decreases Somatic Symptom Distress in the Affect and Symptom Paradigm
Rest and exercise temporarily modulate somatic symptom reports, and people with higher baseline somatic symptoms show the strongest beneficial effect of physical activity on symptom reports in the ASP. The findings are compatible with recent models of predictive processing and active inference.
Authors
- Ferenc Köteles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-5759)
- Michael Witthöft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4928-4222)
- Omer Van den Bergh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6394-7363)
- Tara M. Petzke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2577-7695)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0000000000001425
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission