Books

Emotional Agility by Susan David

Brain Rules by John Medina

Spark by John Ratey

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky (note: this one is long and at times "textbook-y," but it is oh-so worth the read)

Save Your Brain by Michael Colgan

The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle

Mindset by Carol Dweck

Switch by Chip and Dan Heath

The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite by David DiSalvo

Your Brain on Nature by Eva Selhub & Alan Logan

 

Studies

Batouli, S.A.H., & Saba, V. (2017). At least eighty percent of brain grey matter is modifiable by physical activity: a review study. Behavioural Brain Research, 332, 204-217.

Bettio, L. E., Rajendran, L., & Gil-Mohapel, J. (2017). The effects of aging in the hippocampus and cognitive decline. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral, 79, 66-86.

Fabel, K., Wolf, S. A., Ehninger, D., Babu, H., Leal-Galicia, P., & Kempermann, G. (2009). Additive Effects of Physical Exercise and Environmental Enrichment on Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Mice. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 3.

Herold, F., Hamacher, D., Schega, L., & Müller, N. G. (2018). Thinking while Moving or Moving while Thinking–Concepts of motor-cognitive training for cognitive performance enhancement. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 10

Kempermann, G., Fabel, K., Ehninger, D., Babu, H., Leal-Galicia, P., Garthe, A., & Wolf, S.(2010). Why and how physical activity promotes experience-induced brain plasticity. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 4, 189

Lauenroth, A., Ioannidis, A. E., & Teichmann, B. (2016). Influence of combined physical and cognitive training on cognition: a systematic review. Geriatrics, 16(1),

McEwen, S. C., Siddarth, P., Abedelsater, B., Kim, Y., Mui, W., Wu, P., … Merrill, D. A. (2018). Simultaneous Aerobic Exercise and Memory Training Program in Older Adults with Subjective Memory Impairments. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: , 62(2), 795–806.

Raichlen, D. A., & Alexander, G. E. (2017). Adaptive capacity: an evolutionary neuroscience model linking exercise, cognition, and brain health. Trends in neurosciences, 40(7), 408-421.

Taubert, M., Villringer, A., & Lehmann, N. (2015). Endurance exercise as an “endogenous” neuro-enhancement strategy to facilitate motor learning. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 9, 692.

Yokoyama, H., Okazaki, K., Imai, D., Yamashina, Y., Takeda, R., Naghavi, N., … Miyagawa, T. (2015). The effect of cognitive-motor dual-task training on cognitive function and plasma amyloid β peptide 42/40 ratio in healthy elderly persons: a randomized controlled trial. Geriatrics, 15, 60.

 
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