Week 10-Exercise

Question 1

How exercise works:

1. Exercise is usually an ____ stressor, not ____.
2. When you are exercising you are using the ____ response adaptively (you need the energy)
3. Exercise trains the body ____ (more mitochondria in the muscles, higher aerobic capacity), so physical stressors become ____ stressful.
   4 Exercise also affects the brain differently than psychological stress — it increases adult ____ neurogenesis, makes psychological stress perceived ___ stressful.

Answer 1

1. Acute; chronic
2. Stress
3. Physiologically; less
4. Hippocampal; less