Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologists identify the killer moves that make women better dancers
Who needs Beyonce or Shakira to be a disco diva when you have avatars showing you all the hip moves?
Feb 20, 2017
0
6
News tagged with dance
Cardiology
Hidden stroke victims: The young
The headaches were excruciating and wouldn't go away. Her doctor said they were migraines. Then, one morning a few weeks later, Jamie Hancock stood up from the couch and discovered she couldn't move the right side of her ...
Sep 1, 2016
0
0
Cardiology
Greek dancing improves jumping ability of elderly heart failure patients
Greek dancing improves the jumping ability of elderly patients with heart failure, according to research published today in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Patients randomised to Greek dancing jumped higher ...
Apr 15, 2016
0
41
Health
How ballet training could learn from football and rugby, says report
A new study from the Universities of Bath and Bristol (UK) suggests that current practices for grouping and evaluating young dancers in ballet could be counterproductive, potentially placing late maturing girls at a significant ...
Apr 4, 2016
0
0
Health
Build your biceps to help maintain your brain
Just like the rest of you, your brain needs physical exercise, so take a break from Sudoku and master some dance moves instead.
Mar 17, 2016
0
17
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Researchers see potential role for dance in treating neurodegenerative disorders
Millions of Americans dance, recreationally or professionally. How many of those who ballroom dance, foxtrot, break dance, or line dance realize that they are doing something positive for their brains?
Jan 6, 2016
0
1244
Neuroscience
The best sensory experience for learning a dance sequence
How can a sequence of dance steps best be learned? This question was the subject of a project led by researchers from Bielefeld University and the Palucca University of Dance in Dresden, who developed the study along with ...
Nov 7, 2014
0
0
Psychology & Psychiatry
Going through the motions improves dance performance
Expert ballet dancers seem to glide effortlessly across the stage, but learning the steps is both physically and mentally demanding. New research suggests that dance marking—loosely practicing a routine by "going through ...
Jul 23, 2013
0
1
Psychology & Psychiatry
Male dancers signal their strength to men, women
Heterosexual men pick up clues about other men's physical qualities from their dance moves just as heterosexual women do, say researchers at Northumbria University.
Jan 28, 2013
0
0
Health
Dance boosts young girls' mental health
Young girls can dance their way to better mental health. Symptoms like depression, stress, fatigue, and headaches are alleviated with regular dancing. This is shown in a study run by Anna Duberg, a physical therapist at Örebro ...
Nov 20, 2012
0
0
