From a biopsychological perspective, exercise acts as a natural enhancer of our brain chemistry. Physical activity triggers ...

The key to sticking to and reaping the rewards of exercise over the long term may be as simple as doing something you enjoy, say the authors of a new study from UCL. Previous research has shown that ...

Sport and Exercise Psychology is an interdisciplinary field that investigates the cognitive, emotional and behavioural processes underpinning both competitive sport and health‐related exercise. It ...

Warren High School senior Marina Johnson has turned a long-time fascination with sports medicine into her future goal of ...

A new UCL study reveals that aligning workouts with personality boosts fitness and slashes stress—extroverts thrive on HIIT, neurotics favor short, private bursts, and everyone benefits when enjoyment ...

The intention-behavior gap for exercise is one of the most interesting psychological phenomena to study, in my opinion. We set goals, go to bed with the best intentions to exercise in the morning. But ...

Exercise can be hard, physically uncomfortable work. This is, of course, painfully true if you are just starting an exercise program after years of being sedentary. But it is at least as true if you ...

Warren High School senior Marina Johnson has turned a long-time fascination with sports medicine into her future goal of ...