Articles – Body & Brain

The Exercise Effect
American Psychological Association – Monitor on Psychology
Evidence is mounting for the benefits of exercise, yet psychologists don’t often use exercise as part of their treatment arsenal. Here’s more research on why they should.

Fickle Friends
Scientific American Mind
“Frenemies” can be bad for your health, but understanding these taxing relationships can make them less painful.

Memory Keepers
American Psychological Association – Monitor on Psychology
Researchers seek ways to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease before it ravages the brain.

Scents and Sensibility
American Psychological Association – Monitor on Psychology
Perhaps the most primal of senses, smell holds surprising sway over cognition, emotion and even other senses.

Taste the Rainbow
Psychology Today
Hearing scents, tasting colors – people with synesthesia perceive the world with cross-wired senses.