When you walk, your brain releases a protein called BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor). Dr. Shane O’Mara, a neuroscientist and author of In Praise of Walking , notes that walking “increases the volume of the hippocampus,” the brain’s memory center. However, the walk itself isn't what you remember—it’s the context .
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