It has been said that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but it seems exercise can improve your brain power, even if you have been a couch potato.
“Exercise did make a difference in improved brain power,” Dr. Joyce Gomes-Osman, the study’s author and the director of the Neuromotor Plasticity Laboratory and assistant professor of physical therapy and neurology at the Miller School of Medicine, told ABC News.
Researchers found that what seemed to matter was the total hours of exercise. People who exercise for at least an hour at a time for a total of 52 hours over an average of six months, showed increased mental performance when tested for improvements in the ability to remember, learn, plan, concentrate, reason, and problem solve. Additionally, improvements were seen in those with and without cognitive impairment. (See Can Couch Potatoes Improve Their Thinking?)
You do not have to become an extreme athlete. Low-intensity exercise, like walking, showed the same benefit as a moderate or high activity, like running, biking, or weightlifting. It did not seem to need to be a certain number of minutes per day, or week.
This week, make a new habit to increase your overall physical activity. It is an easy way to increase your brain power.
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