It has been found that boys participating in team sports have different brains and a smaller tendency to depression
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Previous studies have shown that adults with depression shrink the hippocampus, which plays an important role in memory and stress responses. A new study showed that boys participating in team sports have a larger hippocampus and less tendency to suffer depression between the ages of 9-11.
Involvement in Sports, Hippocampal Volume, and Depressive Symptoms in Children-ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S24519022129300254?via%3Dihub
How team sports change a child's brain | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis
https://source.wustl.edu/2020/03/how-team-sports-change-a-childs-brain/
The research was conducted by a research team from Lisa Gorham and others who study cognitive neuroscience from the humanities field at the University of St. Louis Washington. Gorham and colleagues conducted a survey of 4,191 children aged 9 to 11 who participated in the long-term ' ADOLESCENT BRAIN COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT STUDY (ABCD study)' to investigate brain development and health of children in the United States. In the study, the parents of the children provided information such as whether the children were doing sports or activities other than sports, and whether they had depression symptoms or brain scans.
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“We are not related to activities such as music and art, but“ participating in sports ”is related to the size of the hippocampus of boys and girls, and it is also related to the depression tendency of boys. 'This research is very important in that it depicts three relationships:' participating in sports, '' the size of a specific part of the brain, 'and' the depressive symptoms of younger children. ' It says.
The above correlations were particularly strong for children participating in organized sports, such as school teams and regional leagues, than for children who participated in informal sports. From this, it can be considered that social mutual relationships and regular sports activities may be more useful for the hippocampus.
On the other hand, although 'sports participation' of girls and 'the size of the hippocampus' were related, they were not related with symptoms of depression like boys. In this regard, researchers believe that the relationship between a girl and depression may be driven by another factor or a relationship may emerge later in life.
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However, it should be noted that the results of this study are not causal, and that relevance has been discovered. It is unclear whether 'joining team sports increases the hippocampus and reduces the tendency for depression' or 'children with high tendency for depression do not participate in sports and the hippocampus is also smaller'. If these details are revealed in future studies, it is believed that boys and girls will have strong evidence for encouraging team sports to prevent depression.
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