Latest Issue of the MindBrainEd Think Tank + (ISSN 2434-1002) 7 MindBrained Bulletin Think Tank V4i7 Exercise J | Page 2

MindBrained Think Tank +
Exercise
This month’s source (it helps if you listen to it first): 日本語の見方
Lite
John Ratey’s TED Talk: Run,
Jump, Learn! How Exercise can
Transform our Schools
Deep Ratey’s classic: Exercise
Promotes Brain Plasticity Brain
Science Podcast
The TED Talk from psychiatrist John Ratey of Harvard is inspiring. He argues that
the best way to improve brain plasticity (make us able to learn) is through
exercise. In these two sources, and in his book, Spark: The Revolutionary New
Science of Exercise and the Brain, he talks about exercise programs in schools
that have led to better behavior in children and greater academic achievement.
Exercise is truly our best defense
against many illnesses of the brain,
from ADD to Alzheimer’s.
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