Brain training - exercise that tones the memory!

- Tue, 27 Nov 2007

Physical exercise could well be the key to keeping your mind young, as well as your body. That's the opinion of two leading neuroscientists who analysed the results of 18 studies on the brain.

"People who exercise regularly in middle age are one third as likely to get Alzheimer's Disease in their 70s as those who did not exercise. Even people who began exercising in their 60s  have their risk reduced by half," say scientists Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang, who've written a new book "Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How To Drive and Other Puzzles of Every Day Life."

Researchers have recently discovered that exercise increases the number of fresh memory cells produced in the brain by as much as a half. Ron Kalil, a professor of Neuroscience at UW-Madison recently told The Capital Times, "It's incredibly important that people know this, because exercise is something that's so simple to do. You don't need special gear or special talents. You don't have to do anything but get off your butt and get out there and do some exercise - it will help!"

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