Boost Your Brain Quotes

“Grouping the participants by the number of blocks they reported walking each week, the team studied participants’ initial physical assessments and then followed up with MRI scans nine years later. Four years after that, the team tested the participants for cognitive impairment and dementia. The results were impressive. Those who’d walked regularly—about six to nine miles a week—had significantly more grey matter in the frontal, occipital, and hippocampal regions than those who walked less. Checking in thirteen years after participants’ initial assessments, Erickson’s team found that those who’d logged six to nine miles a week were far less likely to be cognitively impaired than those who walked the least.”
― Majid Fotuhi, Boost Your Brain: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance

“Those who’d engaged in aerobic exercise saw their hippocampi grow by about 2 percent over the year they’d been exercising. Considering that the hippocampus normally shrinks by 0.5 percent per year as we age, study participants had effectively walked away as much as four years of brain aging. And those who showed greater changes in their BDNF levels saw greater increases in their hippocampal volume—a sign that it was BDNF that was spurring growth in the hippocampus. By comparison, study participants in the stretching group—who on average didn’t improve their overall fitness—experienced about a 1.4 percent shrinkage in their hippocampi over the study period, about what you’d expect for this age group. Those who started out more fit,”
― Majid Fotuhi, Boost Your Brain: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance

“A calm, relaxed brain, on the other hand, exhibits a pattern that is primarily in the alpha zone, with small amounts of theta or beta as well. This is healthy brain activity and, as you’ll soon read, meditation, certain foods, exercise, and other activities promote it.”
― Majid Fotuhi, Boost Your Brain: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance

“maintaining a calm and focused mindset actually makes new blood vessels grow and the network of connections between brain regions become stronger.”
― Majid Fotuhi, Boost Your Brain: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance

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― Majid Fotuhi, Boost Your Brain: The New Art and Science Behind Enhanced Brain Performance