According to Heidi Godman with Harvard Health, “exercise changes the brain in ways that protect memory and thinking skills”. Researchers have actually found that aerobic activity “appears to boost the size of the hippocampus, the brain area involved in verbal memory and learning.” Exercise also helps the brain build connections which increases the speed of thinking.
According to Brock Armstrong with Scientific American, getting your heart rate up increases the oxygen flow to the brain which “aids the release of hormones which provide an excellent environment for the growth of brain cells”. Exercise stimulates new neuronal connections in the brain.
