physical training

Study: To improve brain health you need BOTH aerobic and cognitive exercise

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– Neur­al net­works. Pho­to cred­it: Radu Jianu, Brown University

Men­tal, phys­i­cal exer­cis­es pro­duce dis­tinct brain ben­e­fits (Sci­ence Daily):

“Cog­ni­tive brain train­ing improves exec­u­tive func­tion where­as aer­o­bic activ­i­ty improves mem­o­ry, accord­ing to new Cen­ter for Brain­Health research at The Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas at Dal­las [Read more…] about Study: To improve brain health you need BOTH aer­o­bic and cog­ni­tive exercise

Research: How Exercise Benefits the Brain

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How Exer­cise Ben­e­fits the Brain (NewYork Times):

“To learn more about how exer­cise affects the brain, sci­en­tists in Ire­land recent­ly asked a group of seden­tary male col­lege stu­dents to take part in a mem­o­ry test fol­lowed by stren­u­ous exercise.

First, the young men watched a rapid-fire line­up of pho­tos with the faces and names of strangers. After a break, they tried to recall the names they had just seen as the pho­tos again zipped across a com­put­er screen. [Read more…] about Research: How Exer­cise Ben­e­fits the Brain