Berlin, Aug 26 (PTI) Dancing may reverse the signs of ageing in the brains of older people who routinely partake in physical exercise, a study has claimed. "We show that two different types of physical exercise (dancing and endurance training) both increase the area of the brain that declines with age. Elderly volunteers, with an average age of 68, were recruited to the study and assigned either an eighteen-month weekly course of learning dance routines, or endurance and flexibility training. While previous research has shown that physical exercise can combat age-related brain decline, it is not known if one type of exercise can be better than another. These extra challenges are thought to account for the noticeable difference in balance displayed by those participants in dancing group.

Source: India Today August 26, 2017 06:45 UTC