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Does exercise affect a person's memory retention.?
Purpose
The purpose of the experiment was to see if exercising will affect the amount of words teens can remember.
Background information
Exercising is very important to a person’s health. Exercising can decrease risks for getting diseases and you can be healthier overall from exercising. Another reason to exercise is because when you exercise it can benefit your brain and improve your memory. Many studies have been conducted to prove exercise is good for the mind and the body. “People who exercise regularly are 50% less likely to develop dementia.” (Postal, Karen. Think Better: Exercise.)
There are many different types of studies being conducted to find out if a certain exercise can help a person’s memory. Memory is a very large part in a person’s life, people start their memory from the second they are born. Even if you can't recall a memory from years ago doesn’t mean at the time it was unimportant. When you get older there are a few diseases that you could possibly get that will affect your memory like alzheimer's or dementia. These diseases can cause memory loss and make you forget things. If exercise can help reduce your risk of getting these diseases it is important to do so.
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Exercising is a good way to help the brain focus. This experiment will test and see if people can memorize a greater amount of words when they exercise directly after or not exercise at all after learning the words. “Exercise can help you focus and stay of task” (Martynoga, Ben. “How Physical Exercise Makes Your Brain Work Better.” ) Focusing will help memory and exercising helps you focus. …show more content…
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Learning is one of the things that help us survive. Darwin taught us that learning is the survival mechanism that we use to survive in our ever-changing environments. Our brains are designed to learn. They are plastic, meaning they can adapt, change and grow. In our brains there are neurotransmitters, and neurotrophins. They both have a role in turning different circuits on off, and getting different signals to different parts of our bodies. Some neurotrophins are called factory, and one of those is BDNF, or brain-derived neurotrophic factor. This chemical has been called, fertilizer for neurons. Exercise has been shown to increase BDNF leve...
Exercise is the key to a happy and healthy life. Exercise helps maintain or obtain a healthy body weight. It’s also a great way to bond with fellow gym attendees. For all you know, your soul mate could be running on the treadmill next to you. Studies show people who exercise are happier overall. Exercise is important in day-to-day life.
Walking on the street, jumping the fence, running the race, swimming in the pool or playing a football, if you keep on doing this, you are doing a wonderful job. Being a physically active not only improves your physical health, it also helps you built mentally strong. Physical activity encourages the brain to work at optimum capacity to increase productivity and helps to release the endorphins (the chemical produced by the brain) to make brain and body relaxed. The first step in life for prevention and management of disease and disorder is exercise. Exercise and Physical activity gain the attention of researchers regarding treatment of different psychopathological Disorder. Many research shows that involving in physical activity and exercise
As an educator, Alice would have known what a highlighter was, but due to her symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, she was unable to recall the word. According to Learning and memory: From brain to behavior, physical and mental exercise will slow down the process and prevent cognitive decline (Gluck et al, 2016). The symptoms that Alice showed, however, was not consistent with what was learned that physical exercise will slow down the process of cognitive decline (Gluck et al., 2016). The facts that Alice had once known were forgotten, even though she had always been exercising and training herself through word recall, which is one task that relies on the semantic memory and working memory. This showed that physical and mental exercise for familial Alzheimer’s disease does not slow the process of cognitive decline.
I would like to start by saying thank you for this wonderful opportunity you have given me. I am beyond excited to design and coordinate six months’ worth of activities for the residents at our local nursing home. I know that many of the residents suffer from memory loss and I have several ideas that would assist them with improving their memories. I have just graduated from college and in my last psychology course I read an interesting scholarly article about how exercise training increases the size of an individual’s hippocampus and improves their memory. I am planning on taking the knowledge I have received from this article and putting it towards the six month plan of activities for the residents. My goal is to help all of the residents
Dozens of women ages 70 to 80 with a mild cognitive impairment, which is a risk factor for the development of dementia, were selected for this study. In a previous study, the same group of researchers found that older women had had their associative memory improved after a period doing weight training. They then decided to continue their research observing how different types of exercise affect other type of memory. The two types of exercises performed this time were of the endurance and strength types, as a control group only did some stretching and tonus exercises. At the beginning and at the end of the test, the volunteer’s verbal and spatial memory were tested.
Exercise is often thought of in a positive light. It is common belief in today’s society that a healthy diet and a regular exercise routine will lead to a long, healthy life. And in the simplest sense of the word, it will.
(Dpt. Of Health & Human Services. There have been experiments that show that long term endurance exercise can help the brain fortify. By exercising, the brain creates extra neurons that help the improve memory and the reaction time the brain needs to process something. Any amount of exercise is always better than none for the brain.
The human brain is a “thinking organ that learns and grows by interacting with the world through perception and action” (Russo-Neustadt, Beard, & Cotman, 2000, p.305). It is believed that physical exercise improves the brain’s function and protects against cognitive decline. Studies on exe...
Doing exercise can help you pay attention in class. Scientist have proved that if someone is active, they are less distracted. Helps them analysis of studies that focused specifically on recess and associations between physical activity. Recess is also important for kids because they get to interact with other students. It can also helps kids with their behavior in the classroom.
Sports can help you out with that too, research shows that either being in sports being at the gym or just being active triggers chemicals in your brain that keep you clam happy and relaxed, especially in team sports. Sports also boosts your concentration level which helps you keep focused in school. Most sports require you to being able to switch between concentration levels, athletes need to control when where and how much they are focusing from time to time. In sports to be the best they can be they need a broad internal and external focus and concentration. (VTHOKIES) Athletes also are more likely to figure out clues or certain or problems in their
Public Library of Science (2013, March 13). “Video game 'exercise' for an hour a day may enhance certain cognitive skills.”
Adding exercises into one’s daily routines can change their whole lifestyle. Many people look at exercise as being something just for people who want to lose weight or to become muscle bound, but there are a great deal of benefits that can be received from exercising regularly. Of course gaining muscle and losing fat are the two most popular reasons that usually attract people to the gym, but they make up a small part of the potential benefits that can be achieved with exercise. There are several ways in which I have benefited in my life from exercising regularly, besides just making me bigger and stronger. It has made me become more organized, helped me make better decisions, and motivated me to take on new challenges in life.
A Surgeon General's report (Anonymous,1996) addresses the finding that continuous and consistent physical activity is proven to enhance longevity and the quality of life for people of all ages. Furthermore, the report notes that although it has been recognized for years that regular physical activity can lead to substantial health benefits, 60% of American adults are not regularly active, and 25% of the adult population are not active at all. Paffenbarger (1996) states that physical fitness and exercise can reduce the risk of diseases such as heart disease, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, some cancers, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, and obesity. Studies also show that exercise can promote psychological well-being and reduce feelings of anxiety and depression (http://www.medgraph.com/aboutexercise.html).
Exercising helps in many different ways such as gaining muscular strength and ability. A person's desire is to lose weight and have a perfect toned figure, but it also helps ease a lot of other conditions as well. Exercising is considered to be a mood booster. It helps improve self esteem and will lower depression. It will make a person a lot happier, and will help bring a positive reaction in the body. Physical activity is very important for obesity. It is really important for obese children or adults to get some form of exercise in their lives. It can be very beneficial for them and can help prevent long term illnesses. People that exercise on a daily basis do it because it helps them feel more positive about themselves and they will be more energized, motivated and focused for the day. It gives people an excessive amount of happiness.