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Lab in the Press

Come here to see the latest selected press clippings of HPP lab research featured in the popular press!

September 15, 2010

  • Headline: Children's brain development is linked to physical fitness
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August 26, 2010

  • Headline: Attention, couch potatoes! Walking boosts brain connectivity, function
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August 15, 2010

  • Headline: Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain
  • Art featured in a New York Times article about the effects of technology on our brains.
  • Click HERE to download the article or HERE to visit the interactive web link.
  • Art also did a CNN interview about this topic, click HERE to watch online.

 

December 15, 2009

  • Headline: For Older Adults, Participating in Social Service Activities Can Improve Brain Functions
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March 3, 2009

  • Headline: Physical Fitness Improves Spatial Memory, Increases Size Of Brain Structure
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May 8, 2008

  • Headline: Memory: Forgetting is the New Normal
  • Our research featured in Time Magazine article on memory and aging
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December 4, 2007

  • Headline: Rx for the Brain: Move
  • Professor Kramer talks about HPP exercise and aging research in Washington Post article that reviews the latest findings about exercise and the brain
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December 4, 2007

  • Headline: Exercise---and Be Happy
  • Science blog in Newsweek about exercise, neurogenesis and anti-depressants
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September 3, 2007

  • Headline: Can Exercises Help Us Hold On to Our Memories?
  • Listen to Art on NPR- he talks about the memory programs and the science behind them.
  • Click HERE to listen

 

February 16, 2007

  • Headline: The Upside of Aging
  • In a Wall Street Journal article, Art Kramer comments on our research on expertise and aging.
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February 16, 2007

  • Headline: The Biology Behind the Benefits
  • Wall Street Journal article reviews the brain and aging.
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November 16, 2006

  • Headline: How to Keep Your Aging Brain Fit: Aerobics
  • Our Aging and Exercise research is featured in the Wall Street Journal.
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November 5, 2006

  • Headline: Teens: distracted to the max
  • What distraction and multi-tasking have to do with learning and memory, and multi-tasking abilities across the lifespan. Professor Kramer gives input based on recent HPP research.
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October 16, 2006

  • Headline: Brainpower: Think upkeep
  • Professor Kramer quotes on several of our exercise studies in an LA Times article reviewing strategies for healthy cognitive aging
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July 13, 2006

  • Headline: Mind Games: 7 ways to make your brain better, faster, and smarter
  • Professor Kramer talks about HPP exercise and aging research in Reader's Digest article on how exercise may be the No. 1 thing you can do to keep your brain healthy.
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April 28, 2006

  • Headline: Studies on Dementia Often Confuse Causes With Consequences
  • Wall street journal article features input from Art Kramer about the benefits of fitness training for a healthy mind
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March 03, 2006

  • Headline: Old Brains Don't Work That Badly After All, Especially Trained Ones
  • Wall street journal article features our most recent publication on cognitive training
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Jan 24, 2006

  • Press Release: Fitness counteracts cognitive decline from hormone-replacement therapy
  • Kirk Erickson, currently a Post Doc at the University of Illinois and former graduate student in the HPP lab, makes news with his new study on HRT and excercise.
  • Click HERE to view the press release.

 

Aug 30, 2005

  • Wall Street Journal article features aging and exercise research
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Aug 27, 2005

  • HPP driver distraction research featured in Chicago Sun-Times news article
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Aug 26, 2005

  • ABC News Healthology: HPP driver distraction research featured in ABC news article.
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Aug 18, 2005

  • USA Today article spotlights health behaviors and research that supports them for preventing cognitive decline with advancing age.
  • HPP research is referenced in the section highlighting the effects of exercise on cognitive decline.
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Aug 13, 2005

  • Lifestyle May Be Key to Slowing Brain's Aging: Washington Post article featuring healths behaviors and research that supports them for preventing cognitive decline with advancing age.
  • HPP research is referenced in the section highlighting the effects of exercise on cognitive decline.
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Aug 05, 2005

  • Aging and Exercise research featured in Science Magazine.
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July 05, 2005

  • HPP research on driver distraction and cell phones is featured in NBC Chicago News story.
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Jan 28, 2005

  • Art Kramer featured in Parade Magazine
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