The Baycrest study found that cleaning can be beneficial for the brains of older adults.
The results of the scientific work were published in the BMC Geriatrics journal. As part of the study, researchers examined the link between time spent on household chores and brain volume in 66 mentally healthy older adults. So, it turned out that volunteers who spend more time cleaning have more brain volume. Moreover, in this case, it does not matter how many exercises were performed by people. Changes were seen in the hippocampus, which is responsible for memory and learning. This has also been observed in the frontal lobe, which, in turn, is involved in a number of aspects of cognition.
The researchers suggested that household chores affected the heart and blood vessels in the same way as low-intensity aerobic exercise. The positive effect of household chores on the brain of older people may also be due to the fact that planning and organizing them can provoke the formation of new neural connections.
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