Just like exercise improves muscle memory, our cognitive memory can improve after just one moderate workout, writes Sanet Oberholzer
Just like exercise improves muscle memory, our cognitive memory can improve after just one moderate workoutResearchers at the University of Maryland found that after a single session of moderate exercise, brain activation and semantic memory of their subjects were increased.Exercise has long been lauded for posing various benefits to our health and general well-being.
For the study, 26 healthy men and women between the ages of 55 and 85 who had no serious memory problems were recruited. They were asked to visit the lab on two separate days. On the first day the participants engaged in 30 minutes of moderate intensity cycling on a stationary bicycle before performing a semantic memory test and on the second day they sat in a waiting room for 30 minutes before performing the same test.
Carston Smith, associate professor of kinesiology at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health, was the lead author of the study. In a statement released by the university, he said: “While it has been shown that regular exercise can increase the volume of the hippocampus, our study provides new information that acute exercise has the ability to impact this important brain region.”
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