Sentences with phrase «psychological effects of exercise»

The findings suggest that endocannabinoids like anandamide contribute to the psychological effects of exercise.

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You can get the same physiological, and psychological benefits of prayer by meditating, exercising, singing, humming, or making human connections, without the side effects of irrationality.

Do the sacraments of the church stand for something ultimately real, or are they merely pious exercises, valuable only because of the psychological effect they have on those who practice them?

Recent research has shown that top athletes who persistently overtrain can become mentally run down (This Week, 25 February), but the psychological effects of exhausting exercise on lesser mortals are little known.

Gelotologists — that is, people who conduct research on the physical and psychological components of laughter (seriously)-- call it eustress, or positive stress, that decreases hormones like cortisol and epinephrine and can produce physical effects similar to light exercise.

The study, carried out by psychologist, Hendrik Mothes of the University of Freiburg (Sport Science Department) showed that test subjects who already know of the positive effects that exercise is having on them, before they take part in their chosen activity, enjoy greater psychological and neuropsychological benefits.

A few of the hundreds of benefits of weightlifting and exercising include the prevention of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, back pain, osteoporosis, psychological effects... I could go on and on.

Scientific research suggests that, of the five types of aging — chronological, functional, biological, psychological and social — exercise can have a tremendously positive effect on four of them.

It involves educating patients about the medical evidence of the physical and psychological effects of physical deconditioning and circadian dysrhythmia, with the intention of encouraging a self managed graded exercise programme.