Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory - Department of Kinesiology and Community Health - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

March, 2008

The NCK Lab was recently awarded a grant!

The NCK Lab was recently awarded a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institute of Health to conduct a clinical trial aimed at understanding the relationship between physical activity and cognitive function in preadolescent children. This trial will begin during the summer of 2008.

Posted March 8, 2008

December 20, 2007

Be Smart, Exercise Your Heart: Exercise Effects on Brain and Cognition

Published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience and authored by Dr's Charles Hillman, Kirk Erikson, and Art Kramer. This article provides an intensive background of our area of science and marks the laboratory's highest profile publication to date. To view this article click here.

Posted December 20, 2007

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357 Louise Freer Hall
906 S. Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801

Phone: (217) 333-3893
Fax: (217) 244-7322
E-mail: ncklab@kines.uiuc.edu

Our Mission

The mission of the Neurocognitive Kinesiology Laboratory is to study the relationship between physical activity and cognitive health across the lifespan. From a neuroelectric perspective, our interests lie in examining the relationship between exercise behavior and cognition associated with improved health and effective functioning.