Exercise can make the brain function at a level five years younger: U of C researchers

Studies have shown that physically active women do better on cognitive tests but, until recently, there was no explanation for the improved results. Dr. Marc Poulin, professor at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine and Faculty of Kinesiology, led a ten-year study to come up with the answer. "What we found is the changes in blood flow to the brain helped explain the changes in cognition that we found," said Poulin. University researchers spent 10 years on the Brain in Mot