ABSTRACT
Beyond its physical benefits, exercise may benefit our minds, including our brain’s ability to learn. A number of important brain regions, including the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex, allow us to learn and remember information, which are vital components to our everyday lives. Interestingly, both animal and human literature strongly suggests that aerobic exercise relates to not only learning and memory performance, but also the size and function of these learning-relayed brain regions. In this chapter, we review some basic concepts of the ways in which we learn (and remember) information before diving into the known associations between exercise and these cognitive abilities as well as the underlying neurobiology.
