A study published last week by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine adds to existing research linking physical activity with cognition – using 90 middle-aged and older subjects who wore accelerometers while physically active and completed mobile cognitive testing from home.“The future of lifestyle interventions really needs to be remote-based,” Raeanne Moore, associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD School of Medicine and principal investigator of the study, said. “The pandemic has made this especially clear.”According to the study’s findings, on the days their physical activity increased, the 50- to 74-year-old participants performed more effectively on an executive function task. Conversely, on the days when their phys
