"People who exercisemore have better brain health, " said Alan Gow, one of the study's researchers and a senior research fellow at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
New research published in the journal Neuron suggests stimulating cognitive activities may be more effective than exercise alone in protecting the brain against Alzheimer's disease.
Early environmental enrichments that include better nutrition, moreexercise and cognitive stimulation from ages 3 to 5 both improves brain functioning at age 11 and also reduces crime at age 23 by 35%.
An earlier study conducted by Dr. Mujica-Parodi and other researchers found that the activity in the amygdala region of the brain, which processes emotions such as fear, was more active in people exposed to stress sweat rather than exercise sweat.