Adherence to 8-week square-stepping exercise training among patients with Parkinson disease was associated with significant improvement of executive functioning, as well as cognitive functioning for ...

Aerobic exercise may help ease depression and daytime sleepiness in Parkinson’s disease, though its benefits for mobility, ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood and is marked not only by inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, but also by ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Mild physical activity, such as a short, slow run, can temporarily but effectively boost executive function. Previous rodent studies conducted by the research team have demonstrated ...

The findings show that short-duration, light exercises can significantly improve inhibitory control and elevate mood in children, offering valuable insights for practical interventions. In modern ...

Taking regular walks may do much more than improve physical health for adults with Down syndrome. New research finds that walking three times a week for 30 minutes could prompt meaningful improvements ...

Improving brain function with exercise and chocolate. Source: Tumisu/CC0, Wikimedia Commons Humans spend a great deal of time problem-solving. Planning what to do next, coming up with alternatives ...

Evidence keeps mounting that exercise is good for the brain. It can lower a person’s risk for Alzheimer’s disease and may even slow brain aging by about 10 years. Now, new research helps illuminate ...

Your working memory, cognitive flexibility, and self-regulation are core components of executive function (EF), an interrelated set of mental skills that lay the foundation for advanced cognitive ...

Chemotherapy can produce a broad range of negative consequences. Chemo brain is a common term used by cancer survivors to describe a series of cognitive impairments, including confusion, difficulty ...

What eye blinking has to to do the link between fitness and brain function. Scientists have been trying to find the exact mechanism behind the boost in brain function exercise gives us for a while. It ...