While, in the long term, exercise is thought to help hone our appetite regulatory system, making it easier to cut down on snacking and instead eat at set times of the day, in the short term vigorous exercise stimulates brain areas associated with reward and dependence.
Some studies suggest that regular exercise, whether moderate or vigorous, can increase the brain's memory center by one or two percent each year.
The fTCD approach makes it much easier to monitor subjects' brains during vigorous activity, such as the somewhat violent motions that are required to make stone tools.
Given the increased interest in deciphering of the cognitive process, brain stimulation is under vigorous examination to explore its potential ability in facilitating cognitive function.
TBI results from mechanical forces such as an object striking the head, or from rapid acceleration and deceleration forces that cause vigorous movement, and thereby tissue deformation, of brain tissue within the skull.
These observations indicate that astrocytes exhibit a vigorous oxidative metabolism in the intact adult brain and do not rely on just glycolysis as a major source of ATP as was suggested earlier [ 75].
Vigorous exercise can cause changes in your brain activity, making it easier to relieve tension and fight depression without relying on your next nicotine fix.
But his mind is still vigorous.
Shake your head in a vigorous manner.
Exhibit A is the performance of the Romney brain trust, which has suffered an unusually vigorous postelection thrashing for badly losing a winnable race.
