Running Enhances Your Brain Power!

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    • Publish Date: Oct 24 2016 12:36PM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 24 2016 12:36PM
Running Enhances Your Brain Power!

Not Able To Remember Day-To-Day Things? Start Running To Enhance Your Brain Power!

As students, we all have faced this problem, and fear of forgetting whatever we tried cramming isn’t it? According to this new study a student’s choice of activity after a period of learning, such as studying for an exam, has a direct effect on their ability to remember information.

Researchers behind the new study, from the University of Applied Sciences, Upper Austria, say that students should do moderate exercise, such as running, rather than taking part in a passive activity such as playing computer games if they want to make sure they remember what they learned.

“I had kids in an age where computer games started to be of high interest. I wanted to find out how this and hence the increasing lack of exercise in fresh air — impacts their ability to memorize facts for school,” said lead author Harald Kindermann.

In the study, the researcher and his colleagues asked 60 men aged 16-29 to memorise a range of information, from learning a route on a city map to memorising German-Turkish word pairs. They were then split into three groups: one group played a violent computer game, Counter Strike, one went for a run and one (the control group) spent time outside.

The researchers compared how well the people in each group remembered the information they were given. The results showed that the runners performed best, remembering more after the run than before. Those in the control group fared slightly worse, and the memories of people who played the game were significantly impaired.

“Our data demonstrates that playing a video game is not helpful for improving learning effects,” Kindermann added. “Instead it is advisable for youngsters, and most probably for adults too, to do moderate exercise after a learning cycle.”


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dhwani mothay SILVER OAKS

exercise is a way of refreshing your mind and having a good start for the day . Exercise doesn''t only mean gyming out but it also includes playing badminton,Table tennis or any sport. Atleast 20 minutes of exercise for a day would be very good as it energizes you.

Sanjay.M Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

It helps out our brains to stay active...

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