URMC / Employee Assistance Program / News & Events / UR Medicine EAP Blog / January 2018 / Exercise and Your Memory Exercise and Your Memory Exercise can improve your memory. Scientists found that six weeks of intense exercise—short bouts of interval training over the course of 20 minutes—produced significant improvements in memory, specifically something called “high-interference memory.” That’s the type of memory that allows you to identify your car and distinguish it among others that look just like it and to remember its location. (Talk to your doctor about exercise, but now you have another reason to get moving!) Source: www.dailynews.mcmaster.ca [search: “memory exercise”] 1/11/2018 You may also like Facing an Anniversary of a Traumatic Event Brain-Challenging Activities May Delay Dementia Being Positive May Reduce Memory Decline Your Stress Management "Urgency Kit"