Children tested on how sleep and exercise affect learning

While there is evidence that catering to children's sleep needs and adding aerobic exercise boosts brain function, the extent of how much these affect learning is only now being tested. - Shutterstock

The extent of kids’ wellbeing through sleep and exercise is studied on a large scale.

Tens of thousands of English schoolchildren will be given a lie-in or more rigorous sports classes as part of a major trial to assess how advances in neuroscience can affect learning.