EHPL in the News
How to keep cyclists rolling after pandemic push
June 25, 2020As a result of COVID-19, more people in North America are taking to cycling as a means of transportation. EHPL Director Harry Prapavessis and PhD candidate Wuyou Sui examine what this might look like in a post-pandemic world.
Sitting more during COVID-19 hurting your health
June 09, 2020EHPL PhD candidate Wuyou Sui examines the impact of people spending more time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Can exercise offer the same mental boost as caffeine?
June 03, 2020In an article written for The Conversation, EHPL PhD student Anisa Morava, and former EHPL student Matthew Fagan, compare aerobic exercise and caffeine in terms of their impact on working memory.
Why FaceTime can’t replace face-to-face time during social distancing
May 04, 2020In the context of social and physical distancing, EHPL PhD candidate Wuyou Sui examines how new technologies can improve and alter relationships with ourselves and those around us.
Rewards apps get Canadians moving
March 03, 2020Recent Western-led research has shown that the use of commercial apps providing small but immediate financial incentives can help people increase their activity levels over the long term, and decrease the number of Canadians classified as physically inactive.
Exercise boosts memory like caffeine
January 17, 2020
EHPL PhD student, Anisa Morava, discusses her new study and how exercise and caffeine both affect a person's working memory.
Walking instead of coffee? Exercise can work like caffeine, study finds
January 17, 2020
EHPL PhD student Anisa Morava discusses study findings that compares exercise to caffeine and their affect on person's working memory.
Exercise boosts memory like caffeine
January 17, 2020
Caffeine and exercise have been shown to separately improve certain aspects of cognition like attention and alertness, but the two energy boosters had never been compared head-to-head until Western's Exercise and Health Psychology Laboratory explored the idea.
