It’s not like that there’s any dearth of reasons for exercising than you have already, but just 10 minutes of light physical activity might be enough to improve your memory.
Why? Because exercise boosts connectivity between parts in your brain, hence improving your memory
The study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, studied the impact of 10 minutes of mild exercise, including the likes of yoga and tai chi, will find it easier to remember where they left their car keys.
The good part was the researchers found these results on participants who were in their early 20s, who performed these exercises at 30% of their peak oxygen intake,
before evaluating their memory capacity thereafter.
The portion of the brain that was impacted is called the hippocampus—a region of the brain that is critical of storage of memories and the recollection of them.
"The hippocampus is critical for the creation of new memories; it's one of the first regions of the brain to deteriorate as we get older—and much more severely in Alzheimer's disease," said project co-leader Michael Yassa, UCI professor and Chancellor's Fellow of neurobiology & behaviour. "Improving the function of the hippocampus holds much promise for improving memory in everyday settings," reported the Science Daily.
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