The brain-changing benefits of exercise | Wendy Suzuki
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🗓️ 17 November 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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What's the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuki discusses the science of how working out boosts your mood and memory -- and protects your brain against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
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| 0:13.0 | Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki went into her field studying memory |
| 0:17.0 | but she took an abrupt pivot when she learned about the brain boosting power |
| 0:21.0 | of something so simple. It's transformative for our memory, |
| 0:25.8 | focus, and attention. And as she explains in her talk from Ted Women in 2017, |
| 0:31.2 | it's something we should be doing every day. |
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