Research has repeatedly found that having a regular exercise routine can do your health a solid. But a new study found it may help boost your brain health for years to come.
From there, they were followed for five years. The researchers discovered that the participants got a boost in cognition —that is, mental processes in the brain like thinking, attention, language, learning, memory, and perception—from the exercise. And, the effects stuck around for five years.
⁘Six months of high-intensity interval training is enough to flick the switch,⁘ study co-author Perry Bartlett , a professor emeritus at the University of Queensland, said in a statement .
The researchers also found that exercise increased the production of neurons in the hippocampus, an area of the brain that's involved in memory, learning, and emotion. As a result, it improved cognition.
⁘Exercise-based interventions can provide significant protection against hippocampal cognitive decline in the aged population,⁘ the researchers concluded in the study.
The researchers are hoping that their findings will help doctors create meaningful exercise plans for older adults.
"Our finding can inform exercise guidelines for older people and further research could assess different types of exercise that could be incorporated into aged care," Daniel Blackmore , PhD, a research fellow at the University of Queensland's Queensland Brain Institute, said in a statement .
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