In a new study researchers have found that if you fail to drink sufficient amount of water it can make your grey matter shrink that further makes it hard to think. Their research has shown that the dehydration not only affects the size of the brain but it also affect on the working of the brain.
They suppose that just ninety minutes of sturdy sweating can shrink the size of the brain as much as it would be in one year of ageing. Due to dehydration grey matter is also strained to work hard to route the same information. Prolonged deficiency of water could impact on your performance at various places such as at work, school and in exam.
In a trial to confirm the association of water with grey matter researchers scanned the brain of teenagers after an hour of cycling. The participants done three exercises included, a bin liner worn next to skin, a hooded chemical warfare suit and a track suit. Some were much more calmly clad in t-shirts and shorts.
Researchers found that teenagers who wrapped up lost two lb in sweating and tissue of their brain had shrunk away from the skull. They saw a common shrinking of tissues of the brain. Fluid filled cavities in middle of the brain extended and there was consequent shrinking of brain tissue.
The people who lost more weight had the most shrinkage of the brain, explained Researchers Matthew Kempton and Ulrich Ettinger, of the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London. The average amount of shrinkage compared to fourteen months of age related degeneration or the whither away is associated with two and half months of Alzheimer’s disease.
When teenagers were asked to play a computer game they did it well which analyze the skill to plan and solve the problems. Their brain scans showed that they used more of their brain in doing it, reports the journal Human Brain Mapping.