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“Endocannabinoids regulate many physiological processes, including movement control, pain processing, brain development, and learning and memory. The two major endocannabinoids in the body are anandamide and 2-arachindonyl glycerol.”

“People who breathed through their noses performed better on memory and emotional expression interpretation tests than when they breathed through their mouths. Researchers investigated the relationship between breathing, the brain, and thinking.”

“A new study shows that flavanols – bioactive compounds found in tea, apples, berries, grapes, cocoa, and other fruits and vegetables – improve memory. People who took a flavanol-rich cocoa supplement performed better on memory tests than those who didn't.”

“As we age, our ability to learn things and form new memories decreases. Navigation, which incorporates multiple cognitive processes including memory, attention, and our perception of direction and distance, becomes particularly difficult with aging.”

“At the end of the 12-month study period, the authors of the study assessed the participants' memory function, cardiorespiratory fitness, and cerebral blood flow. The participants who took part in the exercise program exhibited marked improvements in memory function and cardiorespiratory fitness.”

“The investigators reported that increased age and decreased physical activity were associated with poorer memory performance. MRI findings showed decreased volume in the hippocampus, the region of the brain associated with memory, in those with worse memory scores.”

“Memory formation occurs when the brain engages with new information – ideas, actions, or images – and then represents the information in the brain. Sleep preps the brain so that it can assimilate new information and lay down the framework for new memory traces.”

“CTSB, a lysosomal enzyme, is secreted from muscle into circulation after exercise and is associated with memory function and adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Older adults with cognitive impairment have lower serum and brain CTSB levels.”

“These findings suggest that sports expertise may enhance working memory, likely due to the cognitive demands of high-level performance. Moreover, sedentary lifestyles hinder working memory, underscoring the importance of regular physical activity for maintaining cognitive health.”

“These findings indicate that enhancing the brain's natural ability to reorganize itself—particularly through interventions like exercise—helps weaken persistent, harmful memories, offering a promising new approach to treating PTSD and substance use disorders by focusing on memory mechanisms rather than just symptoms.”