The Thinking Brain - Part 1 - The Senses
The thinking brain (Cerebral Cortex) can be divided into sensory, motor and association areas. The sensory area is responsible for our vision, hearing and feeling. The occipital lobe is largely responsible for our vision, our temporal lobes are largely responsible for hearing and the parietal lobe helps us know where our body is in space and feel what is around us.
Coordination - Move more fluidly and efficiently every day
Balance is our ability to remain upright by adjusting our body. While we often think of it as important for gymnastics, yoga and skateboarding, it is also important in everyday life. Falls are often devastating and poor balance is one of the most important predictors. The more we practice balancing the better our balance becomes. Here are some for yoga poses for you to improve your balance.
The Happiness Advantage - Principle #7 - Social Investment
We humans are social creatures. However, when our calendars fill-up we seem to think we can get away without our social supports. Research has found have social and emotional support helps us heal better and increases our life expectancy. It also helps to reduce anxiety, increase focus and improve concentration. See if you can work in social interaction into your everyday life.
Tight Shins - Your Body's Shock Absorbers
So, you have been doing a lot more walking and running? But you seem to have really tight shins? Shin tightness is often caused when we overwork our shin muscles while walking or running. Our shins act as shock absorbers when you walk and run. They do this about 930 times every kilometre! Discomfort often occurs when when we increase our distance. Check out these exercises to help prevent injury.
Your Many Brains - A look at the different parts of your brain
Over the next weeks at Science Saturday we are going to start looking at the nervous system and the brain. Over the last few weeks we have spoken about how meditation and exercise affect our brains and nervous system but we haven’t really look at them in any detail. These next articles will look at neuroanatomy (the part of the nervous system) in greater detail while still keeping it practical.