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From YouTube: Q and A With Dr. John Ratey
Description
Dr. John J. Ratey is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, research synthesizer, speaker and best-selling author. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles on the topics of aggression, autism, ADHD, and other issues in neuropsychiatry. Ratey was a speaker for the “Healthy Kids are Better Learners” session during the 2016 NCSL Legislative Summit. In this interview, Ratey talks about his research on physical activity and the link to better student performance in schools.
A
B
Second
is,
of
course,
exercise
wrote
a
book
called
spark,
and
it's
all
about
the
benefits
of
how
exercise
makes
our
brain
work
best
and
make
us
more
emotionally
balanced
and
less
depressed
and
more
motivated,
as
well
as
improving
our
brain.
In
so
many
ways
to
take
in
new
information,
learn
and
perform
most
educators
and
parents
don't
realize
that
the
more
fit
physically
fit
their
child
is
the
better
learners
they're
going
to
be
the
smarter
they're
going
to
be.
B
Thirdly,
is
sleep
there's
a
worldwide
epidemic
in
obesity
as
we've
come
to
know,
but
also
in
sleep
deprivation.
All
of
us,
because
of
our
amazing
toys
that
we
have
from
TV
to
cell
phones
to
the
computer.
Are
we
and
our
kids
are
not
sleeping
enough,
and
this
has
plays
a
tremendous
toll,
especially
in
our
kids,
in
in
their
ability
to
learn,
remember
and
perform
well
on
tests.
Sure.
A
B
There's
many
many
examples
of
this
and
in
my
book
spark
and
go
wild
and
and
in
the
newspaper
every
day,
you're
seeing
articles
about
schools
that
have
changed
or
people
that
have
changed
when
they
began
to
exercise
and
change
for
the
better
right
here
in
Illinois
60
miles
west
in
naperville.
They
started
the
whole
revolution.
B
What
you
see
initially
in
every
school
district
that
we've
worked
with,
is
a
drop
and
discipline
problems,
a
drop
in
bullying,
a
drop
in
teachers
having
to
monitor
kids,
increase
in
kids
being
able
to
pay
attention
to
do
better
on
tests
to
take
better
notes,
all
the
things
that
teachers
want
and
it's
not
just
about
getting
ants
out
of
their
pants
or
are
getting
burning
off
energy.
What
they're
doing
is
they're
getting
their
brains
turned
on
and
we
have
so
much
neurosci
it's
now.
That
shows
this.
A
A
B
Affects
and
turns
on
our
brain
systems,
our
attention
system,
specifically
our
learning
system,
our
memory
system,
our
motivational
system
or
anti
stress
system
or
anti
anxiety
system.
All
these
parts
of
the
brain
that
are
switched
on
when
we're
moving.
The
second
thing
that
happens
is
that
it
creates
the
right
environment
for
100
billion
nerve
cells
to
grow,
and
the
only
way
we
learn
anything
whether
we
take
in
information
is
for
our
brain
cells
to
actually
grow
and
change,
and
we
create
the
the
optimal
environment
with
exercise
for
our
these
hundred
billion
brain
cells
to
grow.
B
Thirdly,
we
also
have
learned
that
we
are
making
new
brain
cells
every
day
and
especially
in
the
area
of
the
brain
that
has
to
do
with
memory
and
learning
and
the
the
best
thing
that
you
one
can
do
to
increase
the
number
of
new
brain
cells.
We
make
every
day
to
help
us
in
memory
and
learning
is
exercise.
It
turns
on
all
the
systems
and
we're
beginning
to
define
what
they
are
to
see.