Episode Synopsis "The Best Time to Exercise for Maximizing Practice Gains"

My daughter was reading an SAT test prep book recently, and pointed out to me that among many other tips on grammar and math, one of the study hacks was to stay physically active. The idea was that it can be easy to spend all of your time studying at your desk - but then you'd miss out on the potential learning and memory (and mental health) benefits of exercise. Source

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