Firmer, Fitter Frame Linked to Firmer, Fitter Brain
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 - 08:32
in Psychology & Sociology
To determine why more aerobically fit individuals have better memories, scientists used magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), which measures the elasticity of organs, and found that fit individuals had a firmer, more elastic hippocampus--a region of the brain associated with memory.