Here’s another reason to drop that doughnut and hit the treadmill: A new study suggests aerobic fitness affects long-term memory.
Michigan State University researchers tested 75 college students during a two-day period and found those who were less fit had a harder time retaining information.
“The findings show that lower-fit individuals lose more memory across time,” said Kimberly Fenn, study co-author and assistant professor of psychology.
The study, which appears online in the research journal Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, is one of the first to investigate young, supposedly healthy adults. Previous research on fitness and memory has focused largely on children, whose brains are still developing, and the elderly, whose memories are declining.
Participants studied related word pairs such as “camp” and “trail.” The next day, they were tested on the word pairs to evaluate long-term memory retention. Long-term memory is anything remembered more than about 30 seconds ago.
Aerobic fitness was gauged by oxygen consumption derived from a treadmill test and factored with the participants’ weight, percent body fat, age and sex.
The findings speak to the increasingly sedentary lifestyles found in the United States and other Western cultures. A surprising number of the college students in the study were significantly out of shape and did much worse at retaining information than those who were extremely fit, Fenn said.
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Hi, I’ve been told I have a voice of a hyena, and a voice of a little boy
and I’m a 14 year old girl. Will this help me change my voice or no?
so great! your self n skills are very real n wise. dig it!
amazing technique
Good video! I only realised when I made my first youtube video that I
wasn’t speaking very clearly at all…
Awsome video.. thankz for sharing this video..this video very helpful
i a’m student, i always must doing presention at college. but i have
problem about my voice.. this exercise maybe can heip me to improved my
voice.. thank you..
hi sir i have problem that i can not speak albhabet ‘L’ clearly so what
should i do?
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thanks for your help Mr. Miller. I want to be an elementary school teacher
and while I speak decently I just want to refine the way I talk so I can be
a better teacher.
Thanks Mr. Miller,
your all tips and exercises are real, thanks for sharing all this valuable
information with us on Youtube
Thank you! I’ve also found some cool exercises at 99SingingLessons website.
Sorry. I didn’t make it to attend our meeting. I have no Skype. I will have
it rescheduled. I will have to found an internet shop who has a Skype
installed. I downloaded all of your videos on YouTube so I can watch it at
home..
I have recently applied to a call center agent.. And these are my verdicts
I speak to fast and I almost swallow my words.. How can you help jay ? I’m
looking forward to hearing you soon..Thank you
Thanks. I’m always happy to hear that. It makes the effort worthwhile. Stay
tuned for more videos.
Thanks. Of course, I’d be happy to chat with you. I’ll send you a private
message with instructions.
I have had two major operations of 7 hours on my vocal cords. Still my
voice sounds coarse and after a while my voice is hurting. Are there any
exercises to improve my voice and to have it sound less coarse and it is
very tyring as well
wow… thank you very much this exercise is really good, i can already
notice the difference in the way i speak… i mean my throat was like very
tense usually when i speak, but doing this exercise has changed the way my
throat used to create the voice, i mean its very clear and smooth
feeling… and my voice is also getting LOW, loved it..!!! thanks again…
😀
Wow Jay, I did your exercise last night and my voice has a much deeper
resonance this morning. The exercise also got me into a very relaxed and
meditative state so I am gonna incorporate it with my yoga practice. Thank
You!! What are your other exercises like? I am interested in getting your
MP3.
If I can get my voice to sound like yours Mr. Miller then I will definitely
be trying this technique out
Great! you look young and fresh how about some tips on general health or
skin?
this is amazingggggg
I feel discomfort in the back of my neck when I do this. Maybe I’m doing it
wrong, because I can touch my toes no problem.
Buy the CD – Hip Hop Abs those give some good ab workouts and obliques!!