Researchers found in a recent study that higher levels of fitness help increase volume in key regions of the brain and improve executive function, which plays a role in reasoning and problem solving. While previous studies have shown that fitness helps with cognition by increasing levels of white matter fibers in the brain, the new University of Illinois study looked specifically at its effect on managing multiple tasks. “The reason we looked at dual-task specifically…
Higher fitness level improves executive brain function
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