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The Science of Neurogenesis - Brant Cortright, Ph.D. - Brain

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The Best Form of Exercise for the Brain Is Erobic Exercise

Exercise is another big piece of what you talk about in the book. Are there certain types of exercise the work i hit the hardest? High intensity and rival training is one that i've heard you talk about, and the answer you had around how beneficial that was surprised me. It turns out the high intensity training, ines interval training, seems to have zero effect on the rate of neuro genesis. And they think at may be just because the stress, that too much stress outweighs the benefits of the erobic exercise.

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