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A Neuroscientist Explains Exactly How Awesome Exercise Is for Your Brain

An expert explains all the amazing things that happen in your brain when you work up a sweat.

Harvard psychiatrist John Ratey spoke at MIT Media Lab's Advancing Wellbeing Seminar Series, he explained that "a bout of exercise is like taking a little bit of Prozac and a little bit of Ritalin."

It's a memorable turn of phrase. It's also backed up by a ton of science. Ratey went on to lay out convincing evidence that exercise makes us smarter, happier, and less stressed. But in that talk Ratey doesn't explain exactly how exercise leads to all these impressive benefits (his book, however, delves deeply into the subject).

If you're the curious type who likes to know exactly what's going on in your skull when you hit the gym or jogging path, then a new Quartz article by Wayne State University psychiatrist and neuroscientist Arash Javanbakht offers an easily digestible introduction to the science, however.

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