neurosciecnce

Effort and the Brain

Esciencecommon.com has an article describing the neuroscience behind effort…

“The experimental design allowed the researchers to tease apart the effects of recent choices on the formation of value expectations of future decisions.”

What's a Big Hippocampus Good For?

Doing research on fear and anxiety moderation…SharpBrains.com has an article called Can you Grow Your Hippocamus?

“Other studies have shown that people who exercise regularly and are physically fit have a much bigger hippocampus. The more you walk, the bigger your hippocampus will get and the less would be your risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. One study showed that walking one mile a day lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 48%.”

Mobility Research: Legs and the Brain

How important are leg exercise?  This article discusses recent findings on how metabolism, neurogenesis, and mitochondrial health are transformed or corrupted due to lack of exercise.