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Reaction Time Test: Improving Your Time

Evan Stevens Aging sucks. While some argue that aging is a wonderful part of life, that it gives us experience and allows us to better know ourselves, at the end of the day, it really sucks. We wake up stiff, it takes us longer to do things and in general, we slow down. We cannot

4 Areas Of The Brain That Benefit From Exercise

Catherine O’Brien Aerobic exercise has been proven to improve cardiovascular health and diminish the risk of heart disease and stroke. In the last decade, the role of aerobic exercise within cognitive and affective domains has become more prominent. Exercise has been shown to reduce mood disturbance, improve psychological well-being, and improve positive valence associated with

Obesity & Dopamine Dysfunction

Julia C. Basso, PhD Obesity is a major problem worldwide. In the United States, more than 66% of adults are overweight, with 1 out of every 3 being considered obese (National Institutes of Health). Obesity is determined based on a person’s Body Mass Index or BMI. BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms

Study Shows Active Children Are Better At Math

Catherine O’Brien We know that aerobic exercise has positive effects on brain health and cognition. Recently, a greater emphasis has been placed on the relationship between aerobic exercise and brain health in the developmental years. From a structural point of view, greater physical activity has been associated with increased volume of the hippocampus and dorsal

NEWS RELEASE: Can A Single Exercise Session Benefit Your Brain?

Julia C. Basso (Forever Fit Science contributor) and Wendy A. Suzuki Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Abstract. A significant body of work has investigated the effects of acute exercise, defined as a single bout of physical activity, on mood and cognitive functions in humans.