For decades, a lot of emphases have been put on certain aspects of intelligence such as logical reasoning, math skills, spatial skills, understanding analogies, verbal skills, etc. Researchers were puzzled that while IQ could predict to a significant degree of academic performance and to some degree, professional and personal success, there was something missing in the…
The text “Stronger, Faster, Smarter” written by Mary Carmichael states that exercise is the key to develop a healthier and smarter brain. According to the text, studies show that exercise such as aerobic doesn’t only increase the size of the muscles via the increased blood flow, the same thing happens to the brain. More blood equals more oxygen, which helps maintain the brain cells nourished better. The same kind of exercise has also coaxed the human brain to produce new nerve cells and caused older nerve cells to form interconnected webs that make the brain run faster and more efficiently. All which results in a stronger, faster and smarter brain. These statements are fully held out…
In this first chapter, the author John Medina emphasizes the positive effects that exercise has on the human brain’s function and on the body in general. Before cars and advanced technology in general, Humans walked miles and miles a day (around 12) to carry out the necessities in order to survive. John uses this information to back up the idea that our brains were made for walking, so we were meant to move. So theoretically, to improve thinking skills, one must be active. From a biological standpoint, exercise gets blood to the brain, bringing it glucose for energy and oxygen, which the brain needs in order to soak up toxic electrons that our brain produces. It also stimulates the protein that keeps neurons in the brain connecting, which is the foundation for brain activity. So exercise literally makes getting fuel (blood) to the brain more efficient. John described an…
TV shows, movies, have all used the theme of “brains versus brawn.” As a result many people believe that they are exclusive to one or the other. Many believe that to become strong you work out and to become smart you study. They are always separate activities and the ways in which a person builds up either are very different and exclusive to what they would like to become. This leads to the belief that when one exercises their body the only thing bulking up is one’s muscles and not one’s brain. I disagree. I believe that there is a correlation between academics and exercise. Thus, I assert that physical activity positively affects one’s focus, intelligence, and mental health. Exercise can indeed make for…
Exercise is a healthy approach to life, a hobby in varied forms, a must for a physically fit lifestyle, but also a necessity for a sharp mind and emotional stability? Physical activity promotes not only what the eyes see, but also what is felt inside. School, health administrators, and even mothers have preached the importance of exercise to our body. However, the real benefit is reaped through the most complex organ, the brain. With an organ that’s constantly at work, exercise increases the executive function, blood flow, and chemical secretion creating a euphoric experience. Exercise is the gateway to an enlightenment of a self-sustaining emotional benefaction.…
Certain types of exercise help the brain and body in different ways. The setting of where exercise takes place is important as well. Leaving the school building and going outside, walking at various locations around the school building, and moving around will also give many children a calming effect, which helps many students concentrate better. Aerobic exercise improves brain function by serving as a “first aid kit” to damaged brain cells. Aerobic exercise is great physical therapy for children that have injuries or any kind of brain…
This article focuses how benefitical it is for young kids to participate in sports and to exercise regularly. It talks about how exercise and sports offer social relationships, physical challenges and honest competition. Also, exercise and sports can increase a child’s self-esteem and academic performance while preventing the chances of disease or drug use. All these things can help the development of children by not only making them healthy but giving them life experience.…
Now I see that a lot of children spend their time at home or at after school activities that don’t involve a lot of movement. According to Child Development and Education “a series of studies shows that reductions in physical education are not associated with increase in academic achievement”. It is important to teach a children how to play piano or improve their mathematical skills but we should also remember how important is a physical activity in their development. Also as Child Development and Education states: “One of the problems is that adults tend to want children to remain still and quiet, particularly in groups, whereas many children prefer more rambunctious activities.”…
Therefore, physically athletes never chase by obesity and diseases will not have a place in their bodies. Sports helps keep your key mental skills sharp which will benefit students in their…
Physical Fitness, Academic Achievement and Selected Academic Behaviors of Elementary and Middle School Students in the State of Mississippi. ICHPER—SD Journal Of Research In Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport & Dance, 6(1), 13-19.…
When exercising, your brain will immediately function better causing you to have a boost in happy chemicals, reduced stress, and improved self-confidence. Having your brain function better will help you mentally and physically stay healthy and…
Exercise interacts on the physical health of people in late adulthood in countless ways. Past research has demonstrated that there is a correlation between…
Exercise is planned, structured, repetitive, and purposive in the sense that a development or continuation of physical fitness is an objective. Exercise provides many effects on the human organism. Two of the different types of factors that exercise affects are the physiology of the human body and one’s physical fitness. Exercise affects the physiology of a human being in so many ways that deal with the many organ systems within the body. The physical fitness factor is also affected by exercise because exercise is a subcategory of physical activity. How efficient the exercise of a human is will determine how quality of a physical fitness that human will possess. The factors that exercise effects on the human organism vary from physiological factors within the human’s body as well as the human’s physical fitness (Hahn, p.83).…
Do sports make athletes smarter or dumber? Stereotypes always put the "jocks" as not so smart popular people, but in reality, studies have shown that most students who participate in physical activities have greater academic success than most who don't.…
To begin with, attending the sport and social activities provide students more chances to have a rest after a long time of study which may help them combine exertion and adequate rest. In my school, there are enough sports fields and basketball courts for students taking a lot of exercise such as playing football, basketball, tennis and running. In addition, we also have a large swimming pool which allows students to practice swimming skills and prepare for national swimming competition. After studying for a long period of time in class or in the library, we would also go there to have a rest which may makes us feel relaxed and refreshed. There is no doubt that doing sports could benefit our physical health. What’s more, scientific researches also prove that sports can also enhance the efficiency of our study. One research done by the National Health Institute, says that people who do sports or exercise at least 30 minutes a day tend to work more efficiently and make less mistakes.…