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 ...

People who are physically active during childhood have higher cognitive functions in later life. Participants who exercised when they were children did better on cognitive tests regardless of their ...

It doesn't matter what age you are or how tough your exercise plan is – whatever physical activity you are doing is probably helping your brain, according to the largest and most comprehensive ...

Executive function skills are a set of inter-related processes that support attention, self-control, and goal-directed ...

Whether it’s an early morning jog, or a touch of Tai Chi, groundbreaking research from the University of South Australia shows that any form of exercise can significantly boost brain function and ...

There may be an association between physical fitness and brain volume in children, a new study from researchers in Spain suggests. The researchers recruited over 101 overweight and obese children from ...

This recently published study may have found a link between exercise during pregnancy and infant development.

There is considerable interest in assessing the airway response to exercise in children because of the clinical impact of exercise triggered asthma attacks (1,2). Field studies in unselected primary ...

School-aged children born prematurely with bronchopulmonary dysplasia may have exercise-related limitations compared with ...