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Memory and cognition

The brain’s role with memory and cognition

Like emotions, memories are proteins. So, too, are cognitive thoughts. The brain structures related to these functions are involved with adjoining systems, like smell and volitional eye movements. Sharing neurological pathways lends the ability of rehabbing one system to indirectly rehab another.

Cognition and exercise

Exercise is now the drug of choice for disorders of neurodegeneration and cognitive decline like Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and Parkinson’s.

Memory and cognition exercises

  1. Appropriate resistance training

  2. Appropriate cardiovascular training

  3. Eye movement therapy

  4. Nerve stimulation