More on exercise & memory
Exercising regularly can improve memory and problem solving skills up to 20 per cent according to research conducted by Professor Art Kramer, Director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois. Work published earlier this year by his team showed that the hippocampus—the part of the brain involved in memory—of older people who exercised regularly for more than six months, increased in size. He also found that fitter children are better at crossing the street when distracted by music or holding a conversation on a hands-free mobile phone compared to those who were less fit.