This Is Your Brain On Intervals
By Steve Casimiro, Adventure Journal on December 2nd, 2011
The positive impact exercise has on your brain is becoming impossible to ignore, and scientists are honing in on some of the mechanisms by which a good hard sweat can jumpstart your grey matter. In the latest study to show a connect between working out and getting smarter, researchers in Ireland have identified “significantly higher levels of a protein known as brain-derived neurotrophic factor, or BDNF, which is known to promote the health of nerve cells.” In every case, people with higher levels of BDNF performed better on tests of memory — and motor skills.
