Cognitive functions, also known as intellectual functions, encompass thinking, understanding, memory, language, computation, and judgment, and are performed in the cerebrum. The prefrontal cortex (PFC ...

(CNN) — The winter flu season is still in full force, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, causing many sufferers to halt their exercise regimen. But not every illness ...

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a known risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. Two new studies have found that low and moderate-high-intensity exercise was correlated with ...

Exercise may be as effective as psychological therapies and potentially even antidepressants in treating depression, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Lancashire, reviewing 73 ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba investigated whether monoamine neurotransmitters, such as dopamine, are involved in hippocampal activation even during light exercise. Dopamine secreted from ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego and Wake Forest University have found that both low and moderate-high intensity exercise could be valuable tools in the fight against Alzheimer's.

Aladdin Shadyab, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science and the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego School of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everyday physical activity, like going for a short walk or playing with the kids, may provide short-term benefits for cognitive ...

January 4, 2010 — Regular low-intensity resistance and toning exercises, performed by healthy, previously sedentary women during pregnancy, does not affect the type of delivery, a new study has found.

In the world of exercise, variety abounds. You can lift light weights, or heavy weights, or no weights at all. If you don’t lift at all right now, it doesn’t matter much where you start. But that ...

Light physical activity broadly covers most of the movement behaviours outside of deliberate exercise.

A new study suggests that walking and light home workouts during chemotherapy may help reduce fatigue, improve well-being, ...