The Brain-Changing Benefits of Exercise 1
The Brain-Changing Benefits of Exercise 1
The Brain-Changing Benefits of Exercise 1
Is there anything that you can do right now that would have an immediate, positive benefit for your
brain?
Yes, you can do physical activity.
3.What are the key areas of our brains? What are they in charge of?
The first is the prefrontal cortex, critical for things like decision-making, our personality, focus, attention.
The second key area is hippocampus, critical for our ability to form and retain new long-term memories
for facts and events.
7.What was the thought that had never gone through Wendy's mind before?
That her grant-writing is going well now(but grant-writing never goes well).
9.What did she decide after realizing that she was doing an experiment on herself without even knowing
it?
She went to find literature about the effects of exercise on the brain.
11.Why is exercise the most transformative thing that we can do to our brains? Mention 3 reasons
1)it has immediate effects on our brain
2)it is improved attention function
3)it has protective effects on our brain
13.How can you meet this demand? Do you necessarily need to go to the gym?
No, you can just add some extra walks or use house cleaning as exercise.
15.What did Wendy do with her audience at the end of the talk?
She asked the audience to stand up and do simple exercises.
16.What was the final thought that the speaker left her audience with?
Bringing exercise in our life will protect our brain from incurable diseases, in addition to making our life
happier.