Want a younger brain? Stay in school - and take the stairs!

[yhokz101]

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Apparently, education and physical activity can significantly slow down grey-matter aging. A new study shows that the more flights of stairs a person climbs, and the more years of school a person completes, the 'younger' their brain physically appears.




Taking the stairs is normally associated with keeping your body strong and healthy. But new research shows that it improves your brain's health too -- and that education also has a positive effect.


In a study recently published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging, researchers led by Jason Steffener, a scientist at Concordia University's Montreal-based PERFORM Centre, show that the more flights of stairs a person climbs, and the more years of school a person completes, the "younger" their brain physically appears.


The researchers found that brain age decreases by 0.95 years for each year of education, and by 0.58 years for every daily flight of stairs climbed -- i.e., the stairs between two consecutive floors in a building.


"There already exist many 'Take the stairs' campaigns in office environments and public transportation centres," says Steffener. "This study shows that these campaigns should also be expanded for older adults, so that they can work to keep their brains young."


For the study, Steffener and his co-authors used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to non-invasively examine the brains of 331 healthy adults who ranged in age from 19 to 79.


They measured the volume of grey matter found in participants' brains because its decline, caused by neural shrinkage and neuronal loss, is a very visible part of the chronological aging process. Then, they compared brain volume to the participants' reported number of flights of stairs climbed, and years of schooling completed.


Results were clear: the more flights of stairs climbed, and the more years of schooling completed, the younger the brain.

Source: Here

[Echelnalf]

Gamit sad diay ni among opis nga naA sa 3rd fLoOr dah nga waLay eLevator. Eheh

[buknoy24]

ako Kada-adlaw ko saka-kanaog sa Stairs mao diay mura kog batag huna2x hehehehe

[yhokz101]

in short mga brad, keep learning lang ta like reading books, online articles and the likes and keep our body healthy... mao ni pinaka effective way para mo stay young daw. as backed by studies.

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ako Kada-adlaw ko saka-kanaog sa Stairs mao diay mura kog batag huna2x hehehehe

lisoda sad sabtan o e translate ning "murag bata ug huna2x" bro..

[gibra'al]

murag ma translate man pud guro nig exercise...?

[MeMing]

batang isip gyud labas ani!

pero feel nako sa laki ra ni mo-effect... why kaha noh?

[keen]

pareha'g kuchilyo, need pirmi ba-id para pirmi ha-it.

nganong sa lalaki ra man mo-effect?

[MeMing]

pareha'g kuchilyo, need pirmi ba-id para pirmi ha-it.

nganong sa lalaki ra man mo-effect?

murag mas prone man ang lalaki ug "sightseeing" gud... lol

[keen]

murag mas prone man ang lalaki ug "sightseeing" gud... lol

aww that kind of "view" hahaha na hala.

[MeMing]

aww that kind of "view" hahaha na hala.

dili lang nako i-divulge kay ang paggamit sa imagination one way of keeping us young man pud nah! mwahahahhahaahaha!