Brain Matter Chatter (BMC) - Episode 4 Part 1: Exercise and Mental Health

Episode 4 Part 1: Exercise and Mental Health

07/26/21 • 28 min

In part one of a two part series, Hayley (Host) and Olivia (Co-Host) discuss the health benefits of exercise, including the ability of exercise to boost mood. They delve into some of the neuroscience behind exercise’s beneficial impact on mood, and touch on tips for staying active as graduate students.

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Episode 3: Eating Disorder with Dr. Jaclyn Siegel

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains sensitive content relating to eating disorders.

In this episode, Ruby (Host) and Hayley (Co-Host) chat with Dr. Jaclyn Siegel about her experiences and research relating to eating disorders. Dr. Siegel completed her PhD at Western University in social psychology. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at San Diego State University in the Body Image, Sexuality, and Health Lab. Visit https://www.jaclynasiegel.com/ to discover more about her research.

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Episode 4 Part 2: Exercise and Cognition with Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu and Joyla Furlano

In part two of the exercise series, Hayley (Host) and Olivia (Co-Host) discuss the cognitive benefits of exercise with Joyla Furlano and Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu. They touch on sex differences in response to exercise, exercise in aging and disease and exercise as medicine. Joyla is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Neuroscience at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. She currently works in the Exercise, Mobility and Brain Health Laboratory at Western under the supervision of Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu. Her doctoral research uses fMRI to examine the effects of resistance exercise on cognitive and brain health in prediabetic and overweight older adults. Dr. Lindsay Nagamatsu is an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology at Western. Her research focuses on examining the effects of exercise on cognition and brain health in at-risk populations, using neuroimaging techniques such as fMRI and EEG to examine underlying functional changes.

Dr. Nagamatsu’s website: https://www.uwo.ca/bmi/investigators/lindsay-nagamatsu.html

Recent articles: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jnr.24830 , https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33358932/