Regular physical activity linked to better organized preteen brains: Study
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Updated: May 24, 2021 23:00 IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): Regular physical activity has positive effects on children's developing brain circuits, finds a Boston Children's Hospital study using neuroimaging data from nearly 6,000 early adolescents.
Physical activity of any kind was associated with more efficiently organized, flexible, and robust brain networks, the researchers found. The more physical activity, the more "fit" the brain.
The findings were published in the journal Cerebral Cortex.
"It didn't matter what kind of physical activitychildren were involved in - it only mattered that they were active," says Caterina Stamoulis, PhD, principal investigator on the study and director of the Computational Neuroscience Laboratory at Boston Children's. "Being active multiple times per week for at least 60 minutes had a widespread positive effect on brain circuitry."