Week #1 Article of the Week

In the article “How Exercise Affects Our Memory” by Gretchen Reynolds, she tells us about a study that was done, where scientists found out that exercising can lead to remembering more things faster at an older age. She goes on to explain that regular exercise over time  can improve a person’s thinking abilities, and can be involved with a person’s semantic-memory processing. A new study was done where scientists found that right after exercise, in an older group of people, their memory was still the same, which surprised the scientists. They came into conclusion that when people use their muscles more often they respond more efficiently and they use less energy. This goes the same for the brain, with continued exercise the functions in the brain will improve due to it using less work. I believe that exercise is a good way to improve your overall health, you don’t even need to do a whole workout, just do an activity can speed up your heart rate. If “regular exercise over time increases the volume of the hippocampus, a key part of the brain’s memory networks. It also improves many aspects of people’s thinking.” (Reynolds) Then we should advocate more towards older people or even people at any age to complete some form of exercise since there’s so many benefits that can improve your health and can help you in the future. Source: Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times, May 1, 2019 https://emilysblog.politics.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/28c5e-aow1819_35exerciseandmemory.pdf