Exercise, diet, and sleep improve brain skills (and health)

This semester I am teaching 80 undergraduates Theory of Computation. I love the material and so every minute is precious, but I decided to sacrifice a few for a quick illustration of the title. After all, I thought to myself, it *is* my job to know, use, and disseminate teaching techniques that improve the students’ performance. So why shouldn’t I tell them the benefits of cardio exercise on learning? So this morning I scrambled together a few slides which you can see here.

I plan to add much more in future versions, but it is a euphemism to say that I am not an expert in these areas. So I’d very much appreciate any pointers, especially to what are the landmark papers in these areas.