Brain Health: 3 science-backed exercises that can help grow ‘new brain cells’ |
Mounting evidence in the past three decades have proven that adult humans can form new brain cells in a process called hippocampal neurogenesis. Studies suggest, in response to certain stimuli, hippocampus regions can grow new neurons, and physical exercise in one such activity. The hippocampus, a brain region central to learning, memory, emotion regulation, and spatial navigation, is a primary site where new neurons are generated in adults. Research suggests physical exercise induces hippocampal neurogenesis. Yet not all exercise is equal. The type, intensity, frequency, and combination with cognitive challenge seem to matter. Dual training walkingDual-task walking means performing a…