ABSTRACT
This chapter helps to understand the health benefits to the brain of juggling. It also helps to understand the parallels between statistics and juggling. The use of juggling for entertainment has been well documented over the years, but several studies have found a connection between the brain developments, disease, and juggling. A 2004 study for connection between the brain and juggling found a significant increase in the brain's gray matter in a group of twelve nonjugglers who were taught juggling and then juggled for a set amount of time every day. At the end of 15 days, the resulting MRI showed significant increases in the average frontal gray matter in comparison to a controlled group of nonjugglers. Juggling has been called the ultimate challenge of controlling patterns in space. There are common problems associated with the pattern of juggling. Most can be overcome with practice, but in some situations, breaking the cycle requires a change in the process.
