A Single Sweaty Workout May Boost Some People's Memory


According to a preliminary study done by the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, older people can experience improvements in thinking after only a 20-minute workout. Cognitive neuroscientist Michelle Voss conducted an experiment by gathering 34 people with an average age of 67 to undergo brain scans and memory tests after doing an intense 20-minute workout on a stationary bike and then after doing a 20-minute workout on a bike that pedaled for them. It was found that the participants were better at remembering faces and their brains became stronger, shown on an MRI, after doing the stationary bike workout than the self-pedaling bike. The experiment then switched to long term in which the group was divided into two. Their long term results were similar to their short term results, with the group doing a longer, more intense workout having an easier time remembering faces.  As shown by this experiment, exercise can be looked at as a medicine that can be personally designed to suit an individual. This is surprising to me because I’ve always heard that brains develop more quickly in toddler years, but this experiment has proven that improvements in the brain can occur quickly even in old age. This shows that our brains are improving even after graduating from school and possibly even retiring from work, which makes it known that are brains are most likely always developing and improving.   


Workouts Improve Brains

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  1. AnonymousMarch 28, 2019 at 9:52 AM

    This is very interesting to think about. Only doing a 20 minute workout can help older generations remember faces and help make their brains stronger, very cool..

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  2. AnonymousMarch 28, 2019 at 10:02 AM

    I think this is really cool and its another reason to why people should get up and moving everyday. This proves that it is good to exercising for your physical AND mental health. I have heard from people I know that working out/ exercising allows them to regain focus and be able to learn better post-workout and this experiment backs up these statements.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 31, 2019 at 6:50 PM

    This is a very cool fact to know, this might also give more motivation if they knew this fact.

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  4. AnonymousApril 8, 2019 at 5:51 AM

    So many people hate working out, but if they knew the outcome of doing it, I think more people would be motivated to do it more often.

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