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Re:What if regular exercise is the best cognitive exercise? by aliqot on Saturday November 12, 2022 @11:29AM (#33574564)
> Even before physiological changes, there's something strange in moving. 200m from my house, my brain starts to have different ideas.

> I cannot keep from thinking that our brain and our legs are connected neurologically. They tap on the same space exploration abstractions.

Absolutely. Something happens during a bike marathon where my body and brain are eventually independent of my thoughts and I'm moving on autopilot with mild tunnel vision while thinking about complex thoughts, old memories, things I could have handled better. I can only attribute it to persistent eustress and the post-metabolic state of endorphin saturation combined with adrenaline.

Re:What if regular exercise is the best cognitive exercise? by qorrect on Saturday November 12, 2022 @11:46AM (#33574723)
> brain are eventually independent of my thoughts

Let's name it. The aliqot state. Or getting to Aliqot.

Re:What if regular exercise is the best cognitive exercise? by owroomexorcist on Saturday November 12, 2022 @11:53AM (#33574787)
Some magick belief systems call this state "gnosis".
Re:What if regular exercise is the best cognitive exercise? by aliqot on Saturday November 12, 2022 @01:30PM (#33575644)
hahaha I like it :D
Re:What if regular exercise is the best cognitive exercise? by switchbak on Saturday November 12, 2022 @01:29PM (#33575636)
That's exactly the state I get into on a long mountain bike ride. Right before I have a crash!

Which is to say some sports have a way of forcing you back into the present moment. It can actually be a good thing for those whose minds tend to wander.