Study shows relationship between walking and growth in hippocampus
According to a February 4 “Talk of the Nation” broadcast:
“A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that adults who walked for 40 minutes three times a week for a year had brain growth in the hippocampus — an area of the brain associated with spatial memory.”
To listen to study author Arthur Kramer and psychologist Margaret Gatz discuss their research (or read the broadcast transcript), click here.
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