Numerous studies have shown that physical exercise, including even simple household chores, can help ward off Alzheimer’s and other memory-related illnesses. This study, though preliminary, shows that ...

Ian McEwan begins “Lessons,” his 17th published novel, with the “insomniac memory” of a piano lesson. Eleven-year-old Roland Baines sits at the keyboard in an Ipswich boarding school. As ...

23 per cent of children “think playing a computer game with friends is a form of exercise”, the survey found. Credit: Photo: Alamy One in four children thinks playing video games is a form of ...

Physical exercise during academic lessons can help boost test scores, study suggests 'Active classes help children learn more effectively,' researchers say ...

Twenty three per cent of children surveyed considered playing computer games a form of exercise Credit: Reuters Nearly a quarter of British children view playing video games as a form of exercise ...