Exercise improves memory!

[Tom Rankin]

Most of us should have REALLY good memories by now!

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Want a sharper memory? Lace up your sneakers. Exercise may boost memory, and a new study shows how.

The researchers found that exercise boosts blood flow to a brain area involved in memory -- even in people who aren't in top shape.

Three months of exercise was all it took for people with low levels of aerobic fitness to increase blood flow to that part of their brain and improve their scores on memory tests, the study shows.
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Full article:

http://www.webmdhealth.com/nl/nl.aspx?id=20271855&s=20243&p=ecd=wnl_lbt_040407

 

[Ed'n Lauky]

I read your comments and went to put on my sneakers, but I couldn't remember where I left them.

 

[Jay H]

Is the converse true?

Does memory improve exercise?

Of course, remembering to exercise must have benefits.

Jay

 

[JohnL]

Another article from Newsweek a few weeks ago had some interesting information on exercise and how it affects the brain.

JohnL

 

[Rik]

There have been several studies that show exercise as an effective anti-depressant. Must be why we are such a happy bunch.

 

[Oldsmores]

uhhhhhhhhh... I forgot what I was going to say. That's depressing.