Yer Noggin Needs Physical 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.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...eeds-exercise/


Bret Cahill

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.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...eeds-exercise/


https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/art...ges_your_brain

Bertrand Russell hiked over 30 km / day when he was young.

On the down side:

"Their marriage began to fall apart in 1901 when it occurred to Russell, while he was cycling, that he no longer loved her."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertra...first_marriage

OK maybe that isn't a down side.

On 12/01/2020 03:06, Bret Cahill wrote:
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.

When out and about, there are not many hungry lions around anymore but
there are plenty of large growly things that produce the same outcome
when guard is dropped. The cognitive activity required to survive
probably hasn't changed significantly.