Human brain function shares a relationship with aerobic exercises, especially swimming. The brain requires an adequate amount of oxygen to complete even the most mundane tasks. Oxygen also helps establish new neurological connections in the brain.
Oxygen is a necessity for the brain to function. According to MedlinePlus, an online resource of the National Institutes of Health, a lack of oxygen to the brain reacts with many devastating. This includes inattentiveness, a lack of coordination and poor judgment. Swimming aids in treating neurological conditions, such as cerebral palsy and autism. Maternal swimming has showed beneficial to an unborn baby's brain development. This includes both the enhancement of short-term memory and also neurogenesis, which also known as the formation of neurons.
According to MedlinePlus, this study was conducted in the South Korea's College of Medicine which is part of Kyung Hee University. This study used two groups of pregnant rats. One group was the control group and the other group was the rats who swam each day. This study began on the fifteen day of pregnancy and continued until birth. The rats brains were dissected and the rats who swam showed to have better short term memory and an increased hippocampal neurogenesis. According to the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Psychology, there is a direct connection between dementia and swimming. Firstly, swimming has a direct effect on slowing down the progression of memory impairments. According to the study that was published in Br J Sports Med entitled "Aerobic Exercise Effects on Cognitive and Neural Plasticity in Older Adults", swimming effects memory and volume of the brain. More specifically, the uppermost part of the brain, which is the largest part of the brain.
This part is known as the cerebrum and it controls the higher learning areas and also memory Many areas of the brain are affected when you are swimming. To begin with your cerebrum is working hard while swimming. You need your cerebrum to know how to swim. In addition, your cerebrum controls movement. In fact, both sides of the cerebrum are being used during swimming. The medulla oblongata is also being used during swimming. This is because you are holding your breathing and regulating your own breathing. Typically, the medulla oblongata controls this task involuntarily.
