Emma Waddington, a graduate student in the department of Kinesiology here at McMaster, is joining us to discuss the potent effects of exercise on brain health, and how training our brain using navigational tasks may benefit our cognitive function. This webinar will discuss recent research from the NeuroFit Lab, led by Emma and supervised by Dr. Jennifer Heisz, Canada Research Chair in Brain Health and Aging at McMaster University, on how using exercise and particularly, the sport of orienteering, may help us stave off age-related cognitive decline.

​About our speaker:
Emma is a 2nd year Master’s student supervised by Dr. Jennifer Heisz in the department of Kinesiology at McMaster, where she also completed her undergraduate degree. Hailing from Hamilton, Emma is an athlete on the National Orienteering Team, a sport which combines running with map-and-compass navigation, and enjoys combining her sporting and research interests here at McMaster.

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