Category: Science
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Study pinpoints two workouts that give brain plasticity a big boost
Scientific studies continue to show us how exercise can bring a range of cognitive benefits, from limiting the risk of Alzheimer’s to giving an immediate boost to our learning capabilities. Researchers working in this area at the University of South Australia have turned their attention to the neuroplasticity, finding two styles of workout in particular…
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What Happens To Your Body When you Swim
Your brain loves swimming. The extra blood and oxygen helps you become more alert, awake, and focused!
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The Aquatic Neanderthal: They Could Swim and Dive for Clams
Neanderthals could swim. Not only could they swim: They were diving possibly as much as 4 meters (13 feet) deep for live clams, in Italy at least, an international team of archaeologists reported in PLOS One on Wednesday. Strangely, even though the Neanderthals on the Italian coast seemed to dote on mussels, they don’t seem…
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Is A Beard Slower For Swimming? #science
How much faster is it to ditch the beard? We’re talking real science here on today’s video.
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90 ft. Vertical Spike Wave in Slow Mo
Gav and Dan go to an ocean simulator to film a wave that does not occur anywhere in nature in glorious 4K slow motion. Do we hit Dan in the face with it? Watch to find out. Spoiler: Yes.
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Why Your Brain Needs Exercise
People often consider walking and running to be activities that the body is able to perform on autopilot. But research carried out over the past decade by us and others would indicate that this folk wisdom is wrong. Instead exercise seems to be as much a cognitive activity as a physical one. In fact, this…
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How “normal people” can train like the worlds best endurance athletes | Stephen Seiler | TEDxArendal
In this talk, Dr Seiler explains in words and pictures how modern exercise physiology laboratories reveal the body’s remarkable capacity for adaptation. He also tells us about the “laboratories†developed by athletes and coaches since the start of the Cold War in the 1950s. The laboratory of the scientist and the laboratory of the coach/athlete…
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Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s might disrupt swimming ability
A small study finds that some people lose their ability to swim when their Parkinson’s disease is treated with deep brain stimulation. Researchers identified nine cases of Parkinson’s patients who effectively forgot how to swim after having a deep brain stimulation device implanted to control disease symptoms such as tremor, rigidity and slowed movement, according…
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Making this facial expression can boost your performance by 20%, according to science
Furrowed brow. Squinting eyes. Frowning mouth. Most of us subconsciously make a face when we’re intensely concentrating on a task, whether it’s lifting a weight in the gym or catching up on emails. Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps went viral at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games because he was caught scowling intensely while warming up…