“The findings provide important new evidence across the adult lifespan indicating that physical activity benefits cognitive and brain health in everyday life,” Charles Hillman, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University, who was not involved in the study, told Newsweek.

Charles Hillman, PhD, a professor of psychology at Northeastern University with expertise in neurocognitive kinesiology, agrees: “I think the idea that they get kids moving in the middle of the class day, there’s no way it’s not beneficial.”