Want to give your kids a better start in life? Fancy giving yourself a more memorable old age? Physical exercise has been shown again to be a major factor of mental health.
It's now been shown that exercise, for between 15 minutes to an hour each day, can help improve memory and learning skills in the elderly and also children. The study goes on to show that carried out regularly for up to 6 months or a year, exercise could improve memory by as much as 15% - 20%.
Professor Art Kramer, director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science
and Technology at the University of Illinois, has been leading this research into the relationship between exercise and brain function. He presented his findings at the 2012 annual AAAS meeting in Vancouver, Canada.
He has found that aerobic exercise has the ability to improve memory, attention and the ability to multi-task in otherwise healthy elderly subjects. He said, "We have been able to do a lot of neuro-imaging work alongside our studies
in the elderly and show that brain networks and structures also change with
exercise". He also mentioned,"Children also seem to benefit and we have found that aerobically fit
children exhibit superior cognitive control to lower fit children."
Most of this research isn't due to be published until later this year, but keep posted as we will report on it when it is officially published. There seems to be more of the things already mentioned in this blog coming out this year, so there may be more to add to what we have already learnt. This week should have a few more releases regarding health and hopefully, there should be a little more content again. original item
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