Statement on Exercise: Benefits and Recommendations for ...
www.ahajournals.org › doi › fullExercise training reduces depression in healthy older men 70 and in persons with cardiac disease 71 or major depression. 72 Exercise also improves self-confidence and self-esteem, 73 attenuates cardiovascular and neurohumoral responses to mental stress, 74 and reduces some type A behaviors. 75 Although exercise training generally has not been found to improve cognitive performance, 76 short bouts of exercise may have short-term facilitative effects. 77