Health
How getting a good night's sleep makes us more resilient
Getting a good night's sleep can help us manage our feelings and make us more resilient, according to sleep expert Dr. Jo Bower, at the University of East Anglia.
Mar 17, 2022
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News tagged with body movements
Health
Q&A: Evolutionary biologist discusses how exercise helps brain health
Strip away all the modern technology, and the human body remains a fantastic endurance machine. Our bodies have evolved to reward endurance exercise with boosts to cognitive development and defense against degenerative diseases. ...
Feb 24, 2022
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Medical research
Scientists obtain first high-resolution 3D image of muscle protein
Heart and skeletal muscle owe their function as reliable biological machines to the extraordinary precision with which their smallest contractile structures, the sarcomeres, are assembled. Generating the power to deliver ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Neuroscience
New software may help neurology patients capture clinical data with their own smartphones
New pose estimation software has the potential to help neurologists and their patients capture important clinical data using simple tools such as smartphones and tablets, according to a study by Johns Hopkins Medicine, the ...
Jan 25, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Finding creativity through movement
Movement helps us to think creatively. This insight is over 2000 years old—and already known to the philosophers in ancient Greece.
Jan 14, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Skin sensing made easier: Improved methods facilitate monitoring of body movement and health
From wide-ranging body movements as minute as a pulse to the various movements of joints, muscles and limbs, wearable pressure sensors placed directly on the skin may be used in myriad ways to monitor health. Other types ...
Dec 15, 2021
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Neuroscience
Flies in a VR world reveal how vision affects locomotion
Eugenia Chiappe, principal investigator of the Sensorimotor Integration Research Group at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal is standing in her office. There is a door, maybe three meters away, and ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Health
Are sleep trackers accurate? Here's what researchers currently know
An estimated one in three people report regular sleep complaints. So it's hardly surprising people are more concerned than ever about getting enough sleep. This blossoming interest has seen an explosion of sleep trackers ...
Jan 12, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Some music makes it impossible to stand still
Music makes us move with it, even when we try not to. Several factors are in play, but the tempo is particularly important.
Jan 11, 2021
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Diabetes
Physical activity and dietary counselling slows down the development of insulin resistance in children
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that individualized and family-based physical activity and dietary counseling considerably slows down the development of insulin resistance, which is a precursor of ...
Nov 5, 2020
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