NEUR 1201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Intraparietal Sulcus, Aerobic Exercise, Cardiovascular Fitness
20 Apr 2016
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Why exercise: reasons are varied, but may include: Is any bodily activity that maintains or improves physical fitness, health, and wellness: this can be measured based on indices of: There is a rapidly expanding body of knowledge which indicates that exercise can have a significant positive impact on brain health but it is not a new idea, rather we are just now able to prove it scientifically. Despite a call to action to address childhood obesity, schools continue to sarcrifice physical education in order to expand instructional time in the classroom. Similarly, in the face of the longstanding observation that student athletes are often also top performers in the classroom, the myth of the dumb jock persists. Hope there is a movement to return to our active roots and address this fundamental flaw in the mainstream academic construct. Performance in standardized tests (for math and reading especially) are positively correlated with aerobic fitness but not strength/flexibility.
