OK here’s another idea. this one is something I feel like putting out there to see if it stimulates a debate. I don’t know of any research to support it. I just wonder whether it holds water when put under scrutiny. So in the interests of open debate I’ll put it out there. Is it possible that viruses or virus …
Ok, heres’s another thing that amazed me when I found it out. I probably learnt it years agon cos I just checked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA and found it called complementary base pairing which rings a bell to me. Going back over it I see that it’s effectively a binary code. Just like the code that runs in computers. What’s the point then. Well it’s …
Thankfully I haven’t had a stroke but this amazing video from ted.com gives an insight from a neuroscientist on how she experienced a stroke. Thankfully she’s fine now but her insights taught me a lot. This article first appeared as What’s a stroke like and what can it teach us
Just felt like sharing this amazing video from Jeff Hawkins titled “How brain science will change computing” from ted.com that really helped me form a stronger view on how my brain works. It’s also fascinating how the improvement of computers matches what we see with humans. We have more space to remember info and better connections to share it.
To give you a quick insight into my view on the biology and psychology of learning I’ll focus on how we learn movements for sports. In explaining this I feel it offers insights into how we learn things generally. This concept simply sees movement as a product of the learning and shows how the two can be combined. Everything I’ve …
It occurred to me just recently that I had a possible explanation for the muscle DOMS (Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness) effect. This effect is basically the pain you experience in a muscle when you push it further or in a different way than you have for a while. Research generally shows that it is when you have worked to …
Wouldn’t it be great if the very act of doing something you love could make you fit and so you could acheve two separate things in one go. That’s something I’m always trying to acheive and when it comes to getting fit and healthy I consider it the holy grail. Well, talking to my wife yesterday we started to wonder …
If you’re like me, you like to know basic statistics that help you understand the bigger picture. Many cultures emphasize big, fast results, but the feedback from research and from successful lifestyles that manage weight well is that small and slow results are better than big and fast. So I thought I would record this stat and how I worked …