Does it make sense?
In the era of NCLB (No Child Left Behind) requiring continual testing of our children in school, children have little time left for recess and other physical activity. Homework quantities have increased to the point of eliminating any free time to run and play outside once children arrive home after school. The New York Times reported that an increasing body of research points to the dangers of lost opportunities to exercise: those who exercise "... can improve the performance of the brain by boosting memory and cognitive processing speed." Read the full article at
http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/working-out-your-brain/
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Reducing exercise, reducing memory?
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