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We all know that exercise is good. It turns out that endurance training and strength training, or a mix of the two, are effective at improving cognitive performance. However, best results of all come from coordinated sports that require ‘complex movement patterns’ and interaction with other players. ‘To coordinate during a sport seems to be even more important than total volume of sporting activity,’ says co-author Dr Sebastian Ludyga from the University of Basel, in Switzerland. Why not try a team sport once lockdown is over?

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