Author Archives: Philip Hastings, PhD

Are physically active kids smarter?

By Philip Hastings, PhD, Sun Nov 4, 2012

In an interesting article summarizing several studies in the US and Denmark, Gretchen Reynolds of the New York Times suggests that being physically active and fit is correlated with brain size in kids — particularly in the sections of the brain responsible for “executive function” that keep kids focused during school. This, in turn, is