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In many ways, it's a cognitive exercise and is therefore something academics find attractive — it's no surprise that they favor such a practice.
One version told participants the study was meant to increase their happiness, while the other simply told them they'd take part in a cognitive exercise.
This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one.
The following warm-up strategies were applied: a hands-on exercise (group 1), a cognitive exercise (group 2), and no warm-up (control, group 3).
The students who were told they got a good night's sleep performed significantly better in the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test, a cognitive exercise which measured their ability to listen and process information.
"Yoga is not thought of as a cognitive exercise, but if you try to memorize a sequence of movements or breathe in a sequence, you are exercising the brain and invoking a type of memory," said Helen Lavretsky, a professor of psychiatry at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine and one of the study's authors.
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"Musical activity requires years of practice and is a challenging cognitive exercise".
However, an uncontrolled cognitive exercise trial found the benefit of training did not persist at five months follow-up [ 38].
The highest scores of 18 and 17 were obtained from a multi-component cognitive exercise intervention [ 27] and computer delivered cognitive exercise [ 37] respectively, and the remaining 3 trials were awarded scores of between 9 and 11.
Some scientists argue that the secret to thinking like a young person is cognitive exercise.
It's not just good business practice; it is also a sound form of cognitive exercise.
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