For Day 3, we’re asking you to spend at least 20 minutes exercising for your brain. Go for a walk with your accountability partner if they’re nearby. (If not, call them and do a walk-and-talk.) Or let ...

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As a neurobiologist trained in brain physiology, a fitness enthusiast and a mom, I spend hours at the local pool during the summer. It’s not unusual to see children gleefully splashing and swimming ...

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The team’s research provides compelling evidence for the brain’s influence on physiology. A deeper understanding of this mind ...

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In a study of 85 volunteers, scientists used real-time neurofeedback to teach participants to activate a reward-related brain ...