The discussion also talked about how important exercise, movement and play is in brain development. They talked about schools who are keeping kids active throughout the day and how it has decreased discipline problems and improved kids focus, concentration, and grades.
The third topic I enjoyed was about how exercise effects our moods by the release of key neurotransmitters that make us happy, peaceful and content.
It is wonderful to see these discussions becoming more mainstream and hopefully impacting the way we all live our lives.
Science Friday on NPR was great this week! Ira Flatow was talking with Daniel E. Lieberman, professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and John Ratey, Author, “Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” (Little, Brown & Company, 2008) a clinical associate professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. They were discussing how the human body is designed unlike any other animal on earth. And that design is perfect for running and running long distances.
The discussion also talked about how important exercise, movement and play is in brain development. They talked about schools who are keeping kids active throughout the day and how it has decreased discipline problems and improved kids focus, concentration, and grades.
The third topic I enjoyed was about how exercise effects our moods by the release of key neurotransmitters that make us happy, peaceful and content.
It is wonderful to see these discussions becoming more mainstream and hopefully impacting the way we all live our lives.