How Exercise Improves Your Brain (Ep. 105)

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Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

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4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. John Ratey, author of "Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain", explains how exercise improves your brain's functions. Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, by Dr. John Ratey Discuss this episode in the community Dr. Ratey's website 7 Minute Workout app (iPhone) 7 Minute Workout app (Android) Tabata app (iPhone) Tabata app (Android) BDNF Neurotransmitters HPA axis GABA Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:42.0	podcast. My name is Thomas Frank and this is a show that helps you and welcome to the College Info Geek Podcast.
0:42.6	My name is Thomas Frank and this is a show that helps you become a more effective student and
0:47.3	in this particular episode hopefully a more fit one as well.
0:51.6	Because in this episode I'm interviewing Dr. John Rady
0:54.3	who is one of the world's foremost experts
0:56.3	on the connection between exercise and fitness
0:58.7	and the performance of your brain.
1:00.7	Now I have talked about why exercise is really important to you as a student in many
1:05.3	videos and podcasts before, but recently I read Dr. Rady's book, which is called
1:10.2	Spark, The Revolutionary New Science of exercise and the brain and
1:13.5	learned just how important it is to brain function and how exercise can
1:18.0	improve things ranging from stress to anxiety to your ability to learn to your
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