Posts Tagged ‘overweight-children’
May Update: Brain Training in Mental Health Toolkits for Prevention and Rehabilitation
The use of a variety of brain training interventions is growing in the area of mental health. Emerging evidence suggests that in the near future targeted brain training may even be used to prevent substance abuse. For example, training working memory may reduce substance abusers’ discounting of long-term rewards and punishments — such discounting is…
Read MoreExercise Improves the Cognition of Overweight Children
Children who exercise vigorously tend to have better grades. In contrast, overweight children tend to underachieve. With this in mind, Davis and her colleagues from Medical College of Georgia tested whether participating in an exercise program would help overweight children, not only physically but also mentally. Specifically, they hypothesized that the children executive functions would…
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