Focusing on subjects between 18–45 years old, first author Jordan Garrett—who graduated with his Ph.D. from the department in June—and the team screened thousands of exercise studies ...

We know exercise is good for us, but one of the biggest appeals for high performers is the way it boosts our cognitive function. Exercise literally makes us smarter. But how exactly does that happen?

One slightly surprising finding, she added, was that the cognitive performance gains from exercise don’t extend to longer-term memory and visual-spatial functions like judging distances or sizes.

Focusing on subjects between 18–45 years old, first author Jordan Garrett — who graduated with his Ph.D. from the department in June — and Giesbrecht's team at the UCSB Attention Lab screened ...