Physical-Exercise

Study: Physical exercise can enhance neuroplasticity in adult brains, accelerating neural repair

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Group_stretching_exercisesPhys­i­cal activ­i­ty may leave the brain more open to change (EurekAlert)

“Learn­ing, mem­o­ry, and brain repair depend on the abil­i­ty of our neu­rons to change with expe­ri­ence. Now, researchers report­ing in the Cell Press jour­nal Cur­rent Biol­o­gy on Decem­ber 7 have evi­dence from a small study in peo­ple that exer­cise may enhance this essen­tial plas­tic­i­ty of the adult brain. [Read more…] about Study: Phys­i­cal exer­cise can enhance neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty in adult brains, accel­er­at­ing neur­al repair

Trend: Playing table tennis to enhance brain fitness and mental health

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Busi­ness­man turned love of ping­pong into char­i­ty (Vir­ginia Beach Beacon):

“The elder Lees, now 76, still plays and heads up a table ten­nis club on the East­ern Shore…Ken Lees said it was local neu­rol­o­gist Dr. Scott Saut­ter who helped him real­ize the ther­a­peu­tic ben­e­fits of ping­pong on brain fit­ness and men­tal health…

“It’s like aer­o­bic chess,” [Read more…] about Trend: Play­ing table ten­nis to enhance brain fit­ness and men­tal health

Alzheimer’s disease can be delayed through lifestyle: New, large study joins growing chorus

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Hard Evi­dence We Can Slow Alzheimer’s By Exer­cis­ing The Body And The Mind (Forbes):

“Alzheimer’s dis­ease is one of the most feared diag­noses among patients…once the dis­ease has been diag­nosed, there is noth­ing mod­ern med­i­cine can do to stop it.

But it can be slowed, and a new study pre­sent­ed [Read more…] about Alzheimer’s dis­ease can be delayed through lifestyle: New, large study joins grow­ing chorus

Physical exercise as ADHD treatment: Necessary but not sufficient

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Can exer­cise reduce behav­ior prob­lems and enhance cog­ni­tion in chil­dren with ADHD?

Results from mul­ti­ple stud­ies indi­cate that exer­cise mit­i­gates aging-relat­ed declines in cog­ni­tive func­tion­ing and that it may enhance cog­ni­tive func­tion­ing in old­er adults. Exer­cise has also been shown to be [Read more…] about Phys­i­cal exer­cise as ADHD treat­ment: Nec­es­sary but not sufficient

Which kind of mindfulness meditation to choose? Comparing sitting meditation, body scan, and mindful yoga

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zen meditationLet’s say you want to be more mindful—that is, cul­ti­vate inten­tion­al, non-judg­men­tal atten­tion to each moment. Med­i­ta­tion is the core of mind­ful­ness, but there are many dif­fer­ent forms of med­i­ta­tion. Which one is best for you? [Read more…] about Which kind of mind­ful­ness med­i­ta­tion to choose? Com­par­ing sit­ting med­i­ta­tion, body scan, and mind­ful yoga

“No matter what the media says…you need both physical and mental exercise”

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Liz ZelinskiQues­tion by Anton Goldberg:
What sur­prised me the most in your inter­view was when you said that phys­i­cal exer­cise does­n’t help improve mem­o­ry as much as men­tal exer­cise does. I get the oppo­site impres­sion when read­ing media reports. Can you point out the research that sup­ports your view? And, if true, why isn’t the media doing a bet­ter job at explain­ing the sci­ence? [Read more…] about “No mat­ter what the media says…you need both phys­i­cal and men­tal exercise”