A neurobiologist says swimming for brain health can positively impact your memory and cognitive function over time.

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There are plenty of reasons to hop in the pool this summer.

To cool off, tocrush a few laps, and the list goes on.

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Seena Mathew is an Assistant Professor of Biology at The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB). She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Kenyon College and her doctorate in Neurobiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She later also earned a Masters in Public Health. Prior to her time at UMHB, she was a lecturer at The University of Texas at Austin and Program Director for the Health Science and Public Health programs at South University. Her research interests are a blend of public health and neuroscience with a focus on learning and memory.

She later also earned a Masters in Public Health.

Her research interests are a blend of public health and neuroscience with a focus on learning and memory.

For starters, swimminglike pretty much all other types of aerobic exercisereleases endorphinsin your brain.

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The thing is, we dont exactly knowwhyall of this happens in your brain, only that it does.

Beyond environmental aspects, theres also the fact that swimming employs your entire body.

I think another big aspect is that when youre swimming, your whole body is working, she adds.

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