Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory

exercise · PNAS, 108(7), 3017–3022 · 2011

Erickson (2011) discovered that walking for a year can literally grow your brain, reversing two years of aging-induced shrinkage.

Authors

Erickson, K. I., Voss, M. W., Prakash, R. S., et al.

Research lens

Erickson (2011) discovered that walking for a year can literally grow your brain, reversing two years of aging-induced shrinkage.

  • exercise
  • neuroplasticity