Cognitive functions, also known as intellectual functions, encompass thinking, understanding, memory, language, computation, and judgment, and are performed in the cerebrum. The prefrontal cortex (PFC ...

People who are physically active during childhood have higher cognitive functions in later life. Participants who exercised when they were children did better on cognitive tests regardless of their ...

A large Japanese cohort study suggests that exercise before and during pregnancy may support early brain development, ...

It doesn't matter what age you are or how tough your exercise plan is – whatever physical activity you are doing is probably helping your brain, according to the largest and most comprehensive ...

This recently published study may have found a link between exercise during pregnancy and infant development.

Executive function skills are a set of inter-related processes that support attention, self-control, and goal-directed ...

School-aged children born prematurely with bronchopulmonary dysplasia may have exercise-related limitations compared with ...