Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of emotional excitation (positive and negative) before and after acquisition on the consolidation of children's motor memory.

Methods: 60 children (9.42±2.68 years old) were selected based on the inclusion criteria and randomly divided into five control groups, positive emotional arousal before and after acquisition and negative emotional excitation before and after acquisition. Subjects performed 10 over-the-shoulder throws in the pre-test and 100 throws in the acquisition.

To the subjects of the first and second experimental groups receiving positive emotional excitation, before and after the acquisition phase, respectively, a positive motivational video clip and pleasant photos, and to the subjects of the third and fourth experimental groups receiving negative emotional arousal, respectively before and after After the acquisition phase, violent and scary movie clips and unpleasant photos were presented.

Results: The results of variance analysis with repeated measurements showed that the effect of training blocks in the acquisition phase is significant and the subjects of the negative emotional excitation groups before and after acquisition and control in all training blocks had a weaker performance than other groups (p=0/01).

Conclusion: Creating positive emotional arousal before and after skill acquisition compared to negative excitation leads to higher motor memory consolidation