What impact does the brain show when students use the standing desk?

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If you continue to live for a long timeVarious adverse effects appear on healthBecause it is pointed out that "standing desk" that can work while standing is drawing attention as an effective measure. In a study to investigate the influence of 27 high school students using such a standing desk, it turned out that the standing desk can improve not only healthy but also some recognition functions.

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Standing desks may boost students' cognitive function as well as health | Ars Technica
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The research published at the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) is to make 27 high school freshman students use the standing desk, thereby helping to create a neurocognitive field that is responsible for the logical thinking and working areas of the brain It is to investigate and identify what kind of impact it has.

The research team has applied to 27 students who have not used the standing desk in the past to apply "rapid decision-making", "reasoning ability", "work area", "cognitive strategy (ability to master learning effect) "And" flexibility of cognitive ability "under the influence of five neurocognitive tests. After that, students who spent the first semester at the standing desk are given the same test, and the change is measured to measure the influence of the standing desk. Also, to the student under test "FNIRS"We installed a portable brain activity measurement device called" Brain Function "to record activities of 14 functions of the brain.

As a result of comparing the test results and brain activity before and after using the standing desk, the score of the students after using the standing desk rose 7 to 14%. furtherPrefrontal cortexIt was found that the work area of ​​the workshop and the area related to the decision making function were active. The research team says, "It is worth discussing that a marked improvement was seen in a short period of one semester because the five items measured in the test are usually fixed at about 12 years old" .

The research author says, "By investigating whether the standing desk improves the results of students and the results of common tests in the future, we can investigate the influence of cognitive function, eventually introducing the standing desk will be a success in the future I am aware of whether or not it is related to. "

ByKiran Jonnalagadda