Cardio for your Brain

[meateater]

In 2006, Arthur Kramer of the University of Illinois used MRIs to prove that aerobic exercise builds gray and white matter in the brains of older adults. Later studies found that more aerobically fit grade-schoolers also perform better on cognitive tests.






Wired Magazine April 21, 2008

 

[liftsiron]

Pretty much any activity from learning to lift weights, riding a bicycle to playing a musical instrument will increase surface area on the brains cortex dedicated to that specific activity, this is referred to as Neural Plasticity.