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Strength Training Boosts Memory in a Single Session
A single, brief session of resistance exercise done immediately after a visual learning task enhances episodic memory by about 10%, new research shows.
Lisa Weinberg, a psychology graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, and colleagues found that a resistance workout lasting as little as 20 minutes improved recall of a series of photos shown to participants 48 hours earlier.
“Our study indicates that people don’t have to dedicate large amounts of time to give their brain a boost,” Weinberg said in a statement.
“We’re not trying to replace long-term [aerobic] interventions ― they are great and do all sorts of amazing things for you,” coinvestigator Audrey Duarte, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, told Medscape Medical News.
“But what hasn’t been shown before is that the benefit we are seeing occurs after doing a really easy task that anyone could do at home when injured or even after a hip replacement. Since we are studying aging in my lab, I find this particularly compelling because of its application to aging.”
Strength Training Boosts Memory in a Single Session
A single, brief session of resistance exercise done immediately after a visual learning task enhances episodic memory by about 10%, new research shows.
Lisa Weinberg, a psychology graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, and colleagues found that a resistance workout lasting as little as 20 minutes improved recall of a series of photos shown to participants 48 hours earlier.
“Our study indicates that people don’t have to dedicate large amounts of time to give their brain a boost,” Weinberg said in a statement.
“We’re not trying to replace long-term [aerobic] interventions ― they are great and do all sorts of amazing things for you,” coinvestigator Audrey Duarte, PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, told Medscape Medical News.
“But what hasn’t been shown before is that the benefit we are seeing occurs after doing a really easy task that anyone could do at home when injured or even after a hip replacement. Since we are studying aging in my lab, I find this particularly compelling because of its application to aging.”
The study was published in the October issue of Acta Psychologica.
The study was published in the October issue of Acta Psychologica.
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