Need daily Exercise for Brain Health
Aerobic exercise is important for getting a head start during childhood on cognitive abilities that are important throughout life, researchers said.
Just like physical inactivity is associated with poorer academic performance and results on standard neuropsychological tests, exercise programs appear to improve memory, attention, and decision-making.
Effects also extend to young and elderly adults, with solid evidence for aerobic training benefiting executive functions, including planning, and inhibition, and increasing the volume of brain structures important for memory.
It also increases the production of neurochemicals, which promote growth, differentiation, survival, and repair of brain cells.
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Michelle W. Voss,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
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