/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10670/all en /newsroom/channels/news/15-minutes-exercise-creates-optimal-brain-state-mastering-new-motor-skills-287952 <p>If you want to learn to walk a tightrope, it’s a good idea to go for a short run after each practice session. That’s because a recent study in <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811918302398">NeuroImage</a> demonstrates that exercise performed immediately after practicing a new motor skill improves its long-term retention. More specifically, the research shows, for the first time, that as little as a single fifteen-minute bout of cardiovascular exercise increases brain connectivity and efficiency.</p> Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:24:51 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 53779 at /newsroom