Thursday, February 17, 2022

Exercise can help older adults retain their memories

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/943658

 

 News Release 17-Feb-2022
Peer-Reviewed Publication
University of Pittsburgh

 

We all know exercise is good for us, but that still leaves plenty of questions. How much exercise? Who benefits the most? And when in our lives? New research led by University of Pittsburgh psychologists pools data from dozens of studies to answer these questions, showing that older adults may be able to prevent declines in a certain kind of memory by sticking to regular exercise.

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 “From our study, it seems like exercising about three times a week for at least four months is how much you need to reap the benefits in episodic memory.”

Episodic memory is the kind that deals with events that happened to you in the past. It’s also one of the first to decline with age. 

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