Play sports (smartly) for a quieter brain and better auditory processing

___ Ath­letes Have Qui­eter Brains, New Research Shows (Sci News): “No one would argue against the fact that sports lead to bet­ter phys­i­cal­ly fit­ness, but we don’t always think of brain fit­ness and sports,” said Pro­fes­sor Nina Kraus, direc­tor of the Audi­to­ry Neu­ro­science Lab­o­ra­to­ry at North­west­ern Uni­ver­si­ty. “We’re say­ing that play­ing sports can tune the brain…

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