http://biomedme.com/biomed-articles/juggling-a-boost-to-brain-power_4702.html Medical Equipments for Middle East Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:54:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://biomedme.com/biomed-articles/juggling-a-boost-to-brain-power_4702.html/comment-page-1#comment-318 Susan Phariss Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:58:40 +0000 http://biomedme.com/?p=4702#comment-318 As a brain fitness coach and author of Have A Ball Learning: How Juggling Helps Kids Overcome Their Learning Disabilities, I have spent the last eight years teaching kids with learning disabilities how to juggle. In addition to what was discovered in the Oxford study, juggling has already been proven to cause growth of new gray matter—making it the only exercise proven to increase both gray and white matter in the brain—measurable within just seven days! The nature of juggling involves several specific functions that improve the brain: by crossing the visual midline, it builds the communication between the right side and the left side of the brain (building the corpus collosum). By using peripheral vision, it activates the parasympathetic nervous system (that tells you to relax). Juggling stimulates the cerebellum, builds postural reflexes, and helps integrate primitive reflexes. Juggling builds focus and concentration and improves reading and math skills. You can read more studies of juggling’s benefits at www.HaveABallLearning.com. As a brain fitness coach and author of Have A Ball Learning: How Juggling Helps Kids Overcome Their Learning Disabilities, I have spent the last eight years teaching kids with learning disabilities how to juggle. In addition to what was discovered in the Oxford study, juggling has already been proven to cause growth of new gray matter—making it the only exercise proven to increase both gray and white matter in the brain—measurable within just seven days! The nature of juggling involves several specific functions that improve the brain: by crossing the visual midline, it builds the communication between the right side and the left side of the brain (building the corpus collosum). By using peripheral vision, it activates the parasympathetic nervous system (that tells you to relax). Juggling stimulates the cerebellum, builds postural reflexes, and helps integrate primitive reflexes. Juggling builds focus and concentration and improves reading and math skills. You can read more studies of juggling’s benefits at http://www.HaveABallLearning.com.

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