New York: A new study has revealed that sex not only boosts your stamina and keeps your calories in check, it also boosts your intelligence quotient.
According to an article in The Atlantic, researchers from Maryland and South Korea carried out a research on mice and found out that sexual intercourse helped in the production of new neurons in hippocampus – a part of the brain long-term memories are created.
"We discovered that even though there had been the production of new neurons, the cognitive abilities acquired during the experiment decreased once the mice were subjected to long periods without sexual activity," researchers from the University of Maryland, US, reported.
They also noted that increased sexual activity floods an individual's brain cells with oxygen.
A similar study done by Konkuk University researchers, based in Seoul, South Korea concluded that sex increases intellectual functions and also works as a stress-buster.
“Sexual interaction could be helpful for buffering adult hippocampal neurogenesis and recognition memory function against the suppressive actions of chronic stress,” the report said.
