After running, participants reported that they were in a better mood.
According to the guidelines of the American Sports Medical Association, the average heart rate of participants was in the range of moderate intensity exercise, while the self perceived exercise intensity was lower than the reference range.
The control experiment was conducted on different days.
According to the definition of exercise intensity by the American Sports Medical Association, the appropriate individual moderate exercise intensity, i.e.
Firstly, the researchers measured the maximum oxygen uptake (VO2peak) of each participant.
Are you still running when you are so busy with scientific research, study and work? As we all know, running has many benefits, which can bring benefits to almost every part of the body.
Nevertheless, the effects of running on brain regions that control emotion and executive function have not been studied.
For example, write the word “green” in red and ask participants to quickly say the name of the color (red), rather than reading the word itself (green).
These findings are valuable in supporting the impact of moderate running on mental health.
Before and 15 minutes after running, participants were given a Stroop Color Word Test (CWST), which showed participants color words written in inconsistent colors.
Participants rested for 10 minutes instead of running, and recorded relevant data before and after meditation.
50% maximum oxygen uptake, was determined.
These findings may help to develop broader treatment recommendations.
It was found that only 10 minutes of moderate intensity running, It can increase the local blood flow to different sites in the bilateral prefrontal cortex (the part of the brain that plays an important role in controlling emotion and executive function), which is beneficial to improve mental health and executive ability.
The unique form and efficiency of human running, including the ability to maintain this form of movement, are closely related to the success of human evolution.
However, running plays an important role in promoting health.
Photo source: scientificreports summary this study shows that 10 minutes of moderate intensity running will produce positive emotions and enhanced executive function by activating the prefrontal region involved in emotion regulation.
After running, the speed of completing Stroop test was significantly faster than that before running.
All participants were right-handed, with normal vision or correction and normal color vision.
It can help reduce blood pressure, control weight, enhance cardiopulmonary function, exercise muscle endurance and strengthen joints.
During the test, the blood flow signals of bilateral prefrontal cortex increased, indicating that the relevant cerebral cortex was activated.
Not only that, running is also good for brain and mental health.
“This is also supported by the simultaneous activation of prefrontal cortex regions involved in emotion regulation,” added chorphaka damrongthai, the first author of the study.
None of the participants reported a history of neurological or mental illness or a disease requiring medical care.
Photo source: scientific reports research background there is clear evidence that physical exercise has the ability to improve mood.
However, these are only a small part of the potential physical effects of running.
After running, the mood improved and the brain processing ability was enhanced.
The experimental process includes three main steps.
During the running, the participants’ heart rate and self perceived exercise intensity (RPE) were also monitored.
Let’s see what the specific mechanism is.
Running is a very easy to obtain form of exercise, which can be achieved with the least sports equipment.
Photo source: heart rate and RPE score of scientific reports participants in the last minute of running, the average heart rate of participants was 141.35 ± 11.31bpm and the average RPE score was 10.61 ± 1.72.
Recently, hideakisaoya team from Ibaraki University in Japan published a research paper entitled benefit of human moderator running boosting moodand executive function coinciding with horizontal prefrontal activation in scientific reports magazine.
Just running for 10 minutes can improve our mood and enhance our brain processing ability.
However, in previous studies, the form of exercise used was usually cycling.
This study provides evidence for the neural matrix behind the emotional improvement and executive function enhancement caused by moderate intensity running.
Given that many features of the human prefrontal cortex are unique to humans, this study not only illustrates the current benefits of running, but also the possible role of these benefits in human evolutionary history.
In addition to the busy scientific research work, take 10 minutes to run, maybe you can get rid of the negative emotions caused by the failure of the experiment and stimulate new inspiration..
At the same time, the hemodynamic changes of prefrontal lobe were measured by functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to evaluate brain activity, and the emotional state of participants was evaluated according to Emotion Scale (TDMS).
Research content experimental participants 26 young people participated in the study.
Compared with the control group and before running, the wake-up and pleasure levels of participants after running were significantly enhanced, that is, they showed more pleasant emotions.
The participants ran on the treadmill for 10 minutes with their moderate exercise intensity.