He hopes future research can determine if there's a relationship between the changes he and his colleagues observed and the number of hours a person spends each week playing video games, as well as the extent of the increase or decrease in size of the hippocampus. (npr.org)
Individuals in the aerobic exercise group exhibited improved memory function, when compared to their performance at the beginning of the research, an improvement related to the increased size of the hippocampus. (ahealthblog.com)
Brain imaging studies also show a link between the overall size of the hippocampus and recurrent bouts of major depression. (discovermagazine.com)