Maximize
Learning at School or Work!
Watch this video showing how exercise grows
new brain cells. See how exercise improves our mood, vigor, and productivity
while it decreases tension, depression, aggression, and fatigue. Exercise increases our capacity to learn by
increasing attention, motivation and memory. At the cellular level it increases neurotransmitters (e.g., dopamine, serotonin, nor-epinephrin) and neurotrophins
like BDNF (Miracle-Gro for the brain) which helps brain cells wire together
needed to learn. Exercise increases vascular flow providing more oxygen
and glucose to the brain while helping remove cellular breakdown products.
Dr.
John Ratey, clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School,
author of SPARK answers many questions (e.g., how much to exercise, what kind of exercise works
best, why obesity slows learning, how to slow cognitive decline, how the heart
influences brain function, and much more).
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