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Re:Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for bra... by robbrown451 on Saturday July 25, 2020 @08:50PM (#23953544)
I suspect they meant the former finding, i.e.: "volume increases in more brain areas, including the cingulate cortex, insula, corpus callosum and sensorimotor cortex"
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Re:Dance is superior to repetitive physical exercise for bra... by xdavidliu on Sunday July 26, 2020 @10:32AM (#23957303)
That still doesn't make sense. They take it is a forgone conclusion that volume increases will _eventually_ result in cognitive benefits, but provide no evidence or sources to support that notion. Of course, it seems to intuitively make sense that "bigger brain means smarter", but in a science article I would imagine they would be more rigorous about substantiating things.
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