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The Exercise Effect

The Exercise Effect

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Colin Wright
Jul 08, 2021
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A cover story for the American Psychological Association’s Monitor On Psychology from late-2011 provided an overview of research up till that point on how exercise seems to change our brains, both temporarily and over time.

The piece is called The Exercise Effect, and it assesses a flurry of up-till-then mostly just rumored psychological benefits provide…

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