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Your Brain on Exercise, with Gretchen Reynolds

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How Does Exercise Affect Your Brain?

Exercise can influence your sense of well-being, happiness and creativity. Research has shown that exercise does seem to help provide what the researchers call a sense of purpose. Older people who are physically active report having a stronger sense of purpose in their life. Stay tuned for tomorrow when I talk about how physical movement can improve mental health.

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