PLoS Biol: can exercise improve brain learning?

November 22, 2019 / BIOON / -- for a long time, we have been trying to understand how the brain views its environment How does sensory stimulation affect the peripheral nervous system and the brain These problems are not only scientific, but also can help people better understand the internal mechanism of ADHD and Parkinson's disease in the long run When dealing with visual stimulation, the results will be different with different body states such as "sitting or moving" When walking around, the peripheral part of the visual field has more processing power than the central part According to a recent study published in the journal PLoS Biology, researchers from Germany believe that there is an intrinsic reason for this shift in visual preferences Dr Barbara H? Ndel said: "first, peripheral visual input provides information about our direction and speed of motion, so it plays an important role in navigation Through animal level research, we found that increasing the body's movement will lead to an increase in the discharge rate of the visual area of the brain " (image source: www Pixabay Com) so far, only a few behavioral human experiments can be used to study the effect of exercise on the sensory brain area However, there is evidence that cognitive processes are related to behavioral states "For example, some studies have shown that people learn better when they move," said JMU researchers However, the potential neuronal mechanisms have not been tested in detail In order to explore the relationship between motion and perception, advanced technology and equipment are needed In response, the authors recruited supporters to study, wearing electrode caps and a small amplifier to record their brainwaves as the subjects walked around EEG data is sent wirelessly to laptop for processing Next, JMU scientists hope to further study the effect of perceptual change during exercise Does it only occur in the visual input area, or may it also occur in other sensory areas? Besides navigation, does it play a role in other cognitive processes, such as memory and creativity? In fact, mouse based experiments show that animals learn better when they exercise In addition, there is a link between creativity and eye movement: "as we all know, the more creative people are in completing tasks, the more blinks they blink We found that people blink more often when they walk than when they rest " Obviously, there are many connections between body movement, eye movement and psychological performance, and the author's research is expected to reveal the internal mechanism Information source: walking changes vision original source: Liyu Cao, Barbara H? Ndel Walking enhancements permanent visual processing in humans PLoS Biology, 2019; 17 (10): e3000511 doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000511