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Education
fromScience of Running
1 day ago

Training the Brain and Body: A discussion on the dynamics of physiology and neurology.

Effective coaching balances physiological and neurological understanding, values being 'good enough', emphasizes flexibility over rigid optimization, and tailors approaches to diverse athlete types.
Science
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Groundhogs are bad at predicting weather, but they're valuable animal engineers

Marmots are widespread true hibernators whose extreme physiological changes during prolonged torpor inform biomedical research and enable survival in harsh climates.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

The Misophonia Response: Older and Newer Parts of the Brain

Misophonia triggers involve unconscious neurological responses, physiological arousal, linked cognitions and conscious emotions that together produce observable behavioral reactions.
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Emotions Are Signals, Not Problems

Emotions evolved through natural selection as a way to get humans to avoid things that would threaten their survival and approach things that would serve them. Fear prompts us to defend ourselves. Love motivates us to connect, nurture, and cooperate. Anger arises when something threatens our values or boundaries. In essence, emotions condense our judgment about what's happening around us, driving us to make the "right" decision for survival and adaptation.
Mindfulness
Yoga
fromAllyogatraining
4 months ago

Can Yoga Tone Your Body? Explained

Yoga can help tone the body by building lean muscle and endurance, but it cannot fully tone alone and works best alongside fat-loss and complementary training.
Exercise
fromPsychology Today
9 months ago

You Really Can Exceed Your Limits

Humans can surpass physiological limits in extreme situations, but this requires a careful balance of risk and mental adjustment.
OMG science
fromMail Online
9 months ago

The real reason why your fingers wrinkle when you soak in the bath

Fingertip wrinkling when wet results from blood vessel contraction, not water absorption, according to recent scientific research.
Music
fromPsychology Today
9 months ago

Before Words, There Was Rhythm: Music as a Neural Language

Music is a powerful biological tool that influences our emotions and bodily responses before we engage intellectually.
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