Ten minutes of exercise a day improves memory
Researchers have shown that the brain’s ability to store memories improves after a short burst of exercise
Just 10 minutes of mild exercise can alter how certain parts of the brain communicate and coordinate with one another and improve memory function, according to a new study. The findings suggest that exercise does not need to be prolonged or intense to benefit the brain and that the effects can begin far more quickly than expected.
For the new study, scientists turned to a group of healthy college students. They made the students sit quietly on a stationary bicycle for 10 minutes or, on a separate visit, pedal the bicycle at a pace so gentle it barely raised their heart rates. The exercise was performed at about 30 per cent of each volunteer’s maximum heart rate. Immediately after each session of the sitting or slow pedalling, the students completed a computerised memory test during which they would see a brief picture, followed by a variety of other images and then a new image of either the same thing or a similar one. Next, the scientists had each student repeat this sequence, but inside an MRI machine that scanned the young people’s brains while they responded to the images. The effects of the exercise, undemanding as it was, were clear. participants were better at remembering images after they had ridden the bike. The findings show that exercise can change people’s brains and minds right away without requiring weeks of working out. Even better, the exertion required can be so slight as to allow almost anyone, even those who are out of shape or possibly disabled, to complete the exercise.
Study Published at | https://www.pnas.org/content/115/41/10487
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