A vibrating device could make workouts feel easier—helping people push harder without feeling the strain so badly.

Cleveland researchers used innovative balloon game to motivate participants through cycling sessions that showed measurable changes in neural connections.

A high school in Maine is ditching detention in favor of disciplinary hikes. As part of its "detention hikes" program, Morse High School in Bath, Maine, is offering students the option to go for a ...

One of the brain’s biggest benefits from exercise – the birth of new neurons – may not even require any movement. Instead, the beneficial “packages” circulating in the blood after working out can be ...

Quizlet, Kahoot, … The Gym?! When we think about study strategies, stairmasters aren’t usually the first thing that come to mind. But, exercise is a powerful tool for improving academic performance ...

A small lab-based study found that a 12-week cycling program improved inhibitory control over six weeks. This adds to the evidence that exercise can be an effective strategy for improving cognitive ...

Scientists are reporting the first compelling evidence in people that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines with age. A 10-week study of people 65 or older ...

With age comes a natural decline in cognitive function, even among otherwise healthy adults without dementia. A new study finds that a cognitive training program may boost production of a brain ...

A brain exercise a day might keep you current—it might even revive your brain chemistry. In a landmark clinical trial led by McGill University, researchers discovered that ten weeks of brain training ...

With implications for aging and dementia, a study finds game-like online exercises offset signs of aging in key brain systems for learning and memory – the first of any intervention shown to do so A ...