Fitness
Why Your Brain Needs Exercise
The evolutionary history of humans explains why physical activity is important for brain health
is a professor of psychology and psychiatry and director of the brain imaging, behavior and aging laboratory at the University of Arizona. He studies the aging brain in both healthy adults and those suffering from neurodegenerative disease. Credit: Nick Higgins
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