#Activity

Joseph Shavit

This is how your brain focuses and learns new tasks

Neuroscientists have unlocked the mechanisms behind performance monitoring, which gives people the ability to learn from their successes.

Joshua Shavit

How to reduce loneliness: Meaningful activities can improve health, well-being

Free time is sometimes idealized, but research shows free time can sometimes be unhealthy by increasing loneliness.

Joseph Shavit

Physical activity may protect your brain as you age

New research from UGA shows every extra step counts when it comes to protecting the brain from the harmful effects of aging.

Joseph Shavit

Taking it easy as you get older is a bad idea according to Harvard researchers

Humans, who evolved to live many decades after they stopped reproducing, also evolved to be relatively active in their later years.

Joshua Shavit

Goldilocks Day Calculator helps parents manage their child's activity levels

When it comes to children’s time – school time, exercise, downtime, and sleep – generic guidelines can only do so much.