Street dancing may improve cognitive reserve in young women, study finds

Street dancing may improve cognitive reserve in young women, study finds

A neuroimaging study in China found that young female college students who participated in an 18-week street dance program showed greater activation in areas of the brain linked to attention, inhibition, and task switching. They also demonstrated better accuracy and faster responses in cognitive tasks. The paper was published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. As people live longer, medical conditions characteristic of advanced age are becoming an in…