A growing body of research suggests exercise can be beneficial for cognitive health.

New research identifies a liver-produced enzyme that explains how physical activity helps defend the brain from age-related cognitive decline.

Increasing the level of physical fitness can enhance the positive effects of exercise on the brain. This was reported on March 9 in the journal Medical Xpress.Scientists have found that the better a ...

A single exercise session increased electrical activity in a brain region tied to learning and memory, a first-of-its-kind ...

Op-Ed: What I tell my patients—and what I try to practice myself—is this: you don’t need perfection. You just need to move.

A swathe of research on cognitive function and exercise suggests that the benefits of physical activity can have profound advantages for your brain. Research published in Comparative Physiology, for ...

As you age, physical activity can help mitigate mood disorders by helping support bodily and cognitive health. Exercise options exist for all ability levels. According to the World Health Organization ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." EVERYONE KNOWS EXERCISE is good for you. Whether you're taking a brisk walk around the block or grinding ...

For over a decade, researchers have suspected that aerobic exercise boosts cognitive function and maintains brain health via neurogenesis (the birth of new neurons). Neurogenesis is believed to bulk ...

I’ve been writing about the brain benefits of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness for over a decade. Every week, it seems there is new research that helps us better understand why exercise ...