Dance training superior to physical exercise in inducing brain plasticity (2018)

Re:Dance training superior to physical exercise in inducing ... by pjerem on Friday October 04, 2024 @01:08PM (#41743392)

Totally anecdotal and probably 99% placebo but I started rollerblading (which also require _a lot_ of balance and coordination) for the first time in my life, like, I take courses in a skatepark and never wore rollerblades before (I’m 33). After some weeks I’m totally perceiving "something" changed in my brain. It’s like doing mental things is somehow easier.

I also happen to microdose since a few months ago but the change I felt coincided exactly about when I felt my fear to fall disappeared, when I "got" the balancing.

That’s totally an anecdote and not science but this feeling of change in my brain was so strong that I perceived it.

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Re:Dance training superior to physical exercise in inducing ... by agumonkey on Friday October 04, 2024 @05:42PM (#41745831)

I'd put all our stories in the same bag as taxi drivers having brain areas very deeply developed.

I'm not surprised by your story. After health issues, my brain was clogged most of the time, and anything involving balance, rotation, rapidly moving surroundings. I tried a lot of stuff to feel my brain working again, one of the most impactful was balancing on a wood beam and trying to pivot (not far from roller skates moves).

Our brain respond very well to some primitive stimuli (visual, balance, geometry).

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