Ben Featured on the Fall 2015 BU Arts & Sciences Magazine’s Title Page!
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Congratulations, Ben!
for winning the Mary Erskine Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award 2015!
Contratulations, Rachel!
Congratulations to Rachel Nauer for winning the 2015 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Award at the 2015 Graduate Research Symposium!
Arthur Kramer to Give Spivack Seminar at BUMC 1/15/15
Spivack Neuroscience Visiting Professor “Exercise Effects on Mind and Brain” Arthur F. Kramer, PhD Director, Beckman Inst for Adv Science & Tech, U Illinois 2:00-3:00, Keefer Auditorium
Ben and Victoria Present their Summer Research at the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Congratulations to Ben and Victoria! Victoria presented her work entitled: “Differences in Memory Encoding Between Younger and Older Adults – a Pilot Study” and Ben presented his work entitled: “Exercise as an Intervention to Improve Memory and Pattern Separation – a Pilot Study” at the 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities […]
Psychology Today Lists Exercise as Number One Habit to Improve Cognitive Function
March 12, 2014: Our research is mentioned in this Psychology Today blog and was featured on the BUMC facebook page! Eight Habits that Improve Cognitive Function Physical Activity Openness to Experience Curiosity and Creativity Social Connections Mindfulness Meditation Brain-Training Games Get Enough Sleep Reduce Chronic Stress
HHS Healthbeat Interview “Fit Memory” picked up by NewsTribune.com
To listen to the audio podcast click on: http://www.newstribune.com/podcasts/hhs-healthbeat/2014/feb/04/fit-memory/
Hormones and Memory in Couch Potatoes and Fit People
This post was originally published on January 2nd, 2014, as part of Dr. Schon’s “Exercise and the Brain” blog on wordpress.com. In a recent study, we have found that people with lower amounts of a hormone known as Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in their blood performed better on a recognition memory task. Interestingly, this was […]
Congratulations, Andrew!
Andrew Whiteman’s recent paper on serum BDNF, aerobic fitness and, recognition memory, to be published in February 2014 in Behavioural Brain Research (PubMed), was recommended by Faculty of 1000!
Our Research is Mentioned in Psychology Today
Psychology Today blog: Can Physical Activities Improve Fluid Intelligence? Originally published: 12/13/2013