Do you want to be more creative, boost your memory, mood, focus and stress tolerance? Then get moving! Physical activity has remarkable effects on the human brain. In this talk, I will show you how – and why – we have brains that are built for moving.

I am psychiatrist and MD, earned my medical degree at Karolinska Institutet and received an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics. I have written over 2,000 articles on medical research for the Swedish medical journal Läkartidningen and several other newspapers, as well as two books that have been sold in 12 countries. My latest bestselling book “The real happy pill,” due to be published in the US, China and several other countries during 2017, concerns how physical activity affects the brain.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx