Post by healthy11 on Nov 4, 2017 21:09:41 GMT -5
Joel Nigg, PhD, discusses research that has found both exercise and sleep minimize a child’s genetic predisposition to ADHD and improve attention, mood, executive function, and self-regulation.
It begins, "Science has finally agreed that the brain is malleable and “plastic.” This means that the brain can, to a surprising extent, reinvent itself with learning, experience, or the right stimulation. This reinvention is called “epigenetic” — the biological process by which life experiences can override, add to, or interact with what genes do, changing how we feel, think, or behave."
www.additudemag.com/adhd-exercise-sleep-child-brain-boost/
It begins, "Science has finally agreed that the brain is malleable and “plastic.” This means that the brain can, to a surprising extent, reinvent itself with learning, experience, or the right stimulation. This reinvention is called “epigenetic” — the biological process by which life experiences can override, add to, or interact with what genes do, changing how we feel, think, or behave."
www.additudemag.com/adhd-exercise-sleep-child-brain-boost/