The mental health benefits of aerobic exercise are widely known. Runners speak of the runner's high, cardiologists prescribe ...

Playing a mental speed-training game seems to help the brain clear a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease in men, but may ...

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Close your eyes and imagine this scene. You’re entering the weight room. You sit down on a bench and collect your thoughts, recalling how many sets and reps you plan to do, with how much weight and ...

Are you an athlete struggling with main competitions despite excelling in practices? Do pre-competition anxiety, self-judgment, and pressure hold you back? Frustrated by setbacks and physical symptoms ...

Most of us are happy to regularly train our bodies to become fitter and stronger. We accept that this is a process that takes time and commitment. Why don’t we think about our minds in the same way?

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A new study finds that mental training reduces the concentration of the stress hormone cortisol in hair. The amount of cortisol in hair provides information about how much a person is burdened by ...

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, New York University and Penn's Linguistic Data Consortium have received a two-year, $4 million grant from the Wellcome Trust to develop a scalable, ...