This Is How Exercise , Benefits Your Mental Health.<br />According to experts, getting moving helps your mind in these three essential ways:.<br />Cognition.<br />Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland and the University of Tsukuba in Japan ...<br />... found that playing sports with other people impacts cognitive performance more than solo fitness activities.<br />Coordination and interaction with other players can lead to <br />new brain cell and neural connection growth in the frontal lobe. .<br />Memory.<br />When you exercise, your body pumps out a wide range of neurochemicals, .., Wendy Suzuki, PhD, professor of neural science and psychology at <br />New York University's Center for Neural Science.<br />... including growth factors that stimulate <br />the birth of brand-new brain cells <br />in the hippocampus, Wendy Suzuki, PhD, professor of neural science and psychology at <br />New York University's Center for Neural Science.<br /> I use that as my personal motivation to keep working out every day, Wendy Suzuki, PhD, professor of neural science and psychology at <br />New York University's Center for Neural Science.<br />Mood.<br />Research shows that exercise can mitigate symptoms of depression.<br />It can also improve your quality of sleep, contributing to your mental health state