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welcome to the cotkey ride home for for Monday, December 20th, 2021.

I'm Jackson Bird today.

How an athlete's blood could boost cognitive function potentially in non-athletic people,

plus the origin and meanings of the song The Twelve Days of Christmas,

and Christmas in July takes on a whole new

meaning with cruises designed specifically for professional Santas. Here are some of the cool

things from the news today. So last Monday, I talked about research that has shown that just

10 minutes of moderate intensity running is enough

to boost cognitive performance and mood. But not everyone can run. So what should they do?

According to a new study published last week in the journal Nature, they should inject themselves

with the blood of athletes. Okay, not really. Please do not go out there and inject yourself with someone else's

blood, but that is what researchers did to mice in the study. The study, published last Wednesday

in the journal Nature, found that sedentary mice injected with blood from mice who had been

assigned exercise regimes performed better on memory and learning tests. They also had reduced inflammation in

their brains of the type that is involved in Alzheimer's and other neurological disorders.

The study builds on a wealth of research showing that proteins outside of the brain

produced when exercising can travel to the brain and improve cognitive function and brain

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