{"id":138120,"date":"2024-12-17T18:14:57","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138120"},"modified":"2024-12-17T18:14:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:14:57","slug":"a-few-minutes-of-exercise-today-could-do-wonders-for-your-brain-tomorrow-sciencealert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138120","title":{"rendered":"A Few Minutes of Exercise Today Could Do Wonders For Your Brain Tomorrow : ScienceAlert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/short-bouts-of-moderate-exercise-can-help-you-concentrate-much-better\">Just a few minutes of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/less-than-30-minutes-of-exercise-does-something-wonderful-for-your-brain\">exercise<\/a> can have a powerful effect on your brain function, and those benefits to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/mind-and-mood\/exercise-can-boost-your-memory-and-thinking-skills\">memory and thinking skills<\/a> might linger for longer than scientists thought.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at University College London and the University of Oxford have now found evidence that the acute cognitive benefits of physical activity persist not just for a few minutes or hours, as <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.3758\/s13421-022-01373-4\">previous studies suggest<\/a>, but to the following day.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;micro-longitudinal&#8217; experiment involved 76 British adults, who were cognitively healthy, between the ages of 50 and 83.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Each day for eight days, volunteers took a cognitive test that assessed attention, memory, executive function, processing speed, and psychomotor speed, which is the ability to detect and respond to quick environmental changes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the study, activity levels and sleep were tracked using wearable devices as participants went about their normal lives.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Analyzing the data and accounting for contributing factors, researchers found that test scores for episodic and working memory were highest if, on the previous day, participants undertook relatively more moderate physical activity, like a brisk walk or anything that got the heart rate up.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Each additional 30 minutes of moderate activity on the previous day was associated with about a 0.15 standard deviation increase in score for episodic memory and working memory.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>On the flip side, more sedentary behavior the day before had negative associations with working memory.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These results were not substantively changed after taking into account sleep characteristics on the previous night,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12966-024-01683-7\">explain<\/a> the authors, led by epidemiologist Mikaela Bloomberg from University College London.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Next, the team looked at sleep data on its own, independent of physical activity. They found that longer durations of sleep were tied to better episodic memory and psychomotor speed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>In particular, longer bouts of slow wave sleep were associated with better episodic memory, which includes memories of everyday events. Whereas more rapid eye movement sleep (REM) was linked to better attention scores the next day.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a small study and so it needs to be replicated with a larger sample of participants before we can be certain about the results,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/news\/2024\/dec\/short-term-cognitive-boost-exercise-may-last-24-hours\">admits<\/a> Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>At this point, considerable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/just-a-10-minute-burst-of-moderate-running-is-enough-to-boost-brain-processing\">evidence<\/a> exists to suggest that exercise is good for the brain in the short term, but whether or not those benefits last and for how long they last is less clear.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Co-author and epidemiologist Andrew Steptoe from UCL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/news\/2024\/dec\/short-term-cognitive-boost-exercise-may-last-24-hours\">says<\/a> the new study provides evidence that &#8220;the immediate cognitive benefits of exercise may last longer than we thought. It also suggests good sleep quality separately contributes to cognitive performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146536\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/Means-and-standard-errors-of-correct-items-reported-in-the-memory-test-in-the-642x437.png\" alt=\"Exercise Memory Test\" width=\"642\" height=\"437\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-146536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/Means-and-standard-errors-of-correct-items-reported-in-the-memory-test-in-the-642x437.png 642w, https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/Means-and-standard-errors-of-correct-items-reported-in-the-memory-test-in-the-610x415.png 610w, https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/Means-and-standard-errors-of-correct-items-reported-in-the-memory-test-in-the-600x408.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/Means-and-standard-errors-of-correct-items-reported-in-the-memory-test-in-the.png 689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Study that looked at correct matches in a game of memory among males and females immediately after just 5 minutes of exercise. (Most et al., <a href=\"https:\/\/cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s41235-017-0068-1\"><em>Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications<\/em><\/a>, 2017)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Exercise is generally agreed to increase blood flow to the brain, stimulating the release of neurotransmitters like endorphins.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2405844023077423\">One prominent hypothesis<\/a> is that exercise increases the connectivity of neurons within the hippocampus, a part of the brain associated with memory and learning, and this is what gives memory function a boost following physical activity.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Recently, for instance, some studies have found that regular exercise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/regular-exercise-is-linked-to-larger-brain-volume-in-memory-and-learning-regions\">can increase<\/a> the volume of the hippocampus, which could possibly delay cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>And earlier this year, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/brain-boost-linked-to-exercise-can-last-several-years-scientists-find\">study<\/a> from Australia found that high-intensity interval training (HIIT), maintained for half a year, could even help people retain cognitive sharpness for years on end.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Vigorous exercise can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/study-finds-potential-downside-to-vigorous-exercise-that-we-didnt-know-about\">come with possible downsides<\/a> to human health, and it&#8217;s not possible for everyone so the fact that even moderate exercise can boost brain function is a positive sign.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s getting difficult to ignore the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/scientists-calculated-how-much-exercise-we-need-to-offset-a-day-of-sitting\">sedentary lifestyles<\/a> are bad for physical health, and the same could be said of our brain function, too.<\/p>\n<p>The study was published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12966-024-01683-7\"><i>International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/a-few-minutes-of-exercise-today-could-do-wonders-for-your-brain-tomorrow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few minutes of exercise can have a powerful effect on your brain function, and those benefits to your memory and thinking skills might linger for longer than scientists &hellip; 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