It may be the closest thing humans have to a fountain of youth. (via ConversationUS)
The brain-enhancing benefits from swimming appear to also boost learning in children.how children learn new vocabulary words
. Researchers taught children age 6-12 the names of unfamiliar objects. Then they tested their accuracy at recognizing those words after doing three activities: coloring , swimming , and a CrossFit-like exercise for three minutes. They found that children’s accuracy was much higher for words learned following swimming compared with coloring and CrossFit, which resulted in the same level of recall. This shows a clear cognitive benefit from swimming versus anaerobic exercise, though the study does not compare swimming with other aerobic exercises. These findings imply that swimming for even short periods of time is highly beneficial to young, developing brains.
The details of the time or laps required, the style of swim and what cognitive adaptations and pathways are activated by swimming are still being worked out. But neuroscientists are getting much closer to putting all the clues together.Correction July 30, 2021: Due to an editing error, the author’s name was spelled wrong in the byline and story. It is Seena, not Se Seena.
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