Running is good for the brain!

Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Ok, so the study may have used mice rather than humans, but lovely researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that running increased performance on a recognition memory task and also neurogenesis (generation of neurons). I was impressed by their ability to train mice to use touchscreens but got distracted by the thought of tiny iPhones for mice!

However, my recent memory problems did have me concerned that I may be developing ... what's that word again ... aphasia! Hopefully, it's nothing more than a healthy dose of health anxiety since this would be much less detrimental to thesis writing :-)

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/01/11/0911725107.full.pdf

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