Exercise Pumps Up Brain Power
New Research: Aerobics Improve Cognitive Performance Source: Maryanne Kane's Photo of Katie Kane in Competition Running to Prime Your Mind Our brains are at their best when our bodies are in motion, like running, walking, biking rather than sedentary and sitting at a desk. A new study by German scientists just confirmed it. As a runner, I've always thought that I do my most deliberative thinking during a morning run. Now science confirms it. Wondered if as a jogger, biker, runner, walker and exerciser, you've had the same instincts? Do you do your best thinking in motion? Active Motion Works Scientists from Ludwig-Maximilian University in Germany took electroencephalogy brain readings on 24 participants when exercising and at rest. They found that exercise and upright posture improved visual working memory (that's the ability to maintain visual info to do ongoing tasks) significantly over passive and seated positions. Counterintuitive From Cent