Study shows that exercise can improve a child's brain power. The children in this study were age 7 to age 13 and involved in short bursts of high-intensity training (HIT) for 10 minutes per day for six weeks.
The study found that the children involved in this HIT group had greater improvements in memory tasks, memory tasks, information processing and behavior. This included the ability to focus on completing tasks without distractions, compared to the control group.
Source: eLife, August 2017
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