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.
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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.
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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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