Tuesday, 18 September 2018

Why the brain struggles to get off the sofa

(Université de Genève) Researchers at UNIGE have studied the neuronal activity of people faced with making the choice between physical activity and doing nothing. They noted that the brain requires far greater resources to escape a general attraction to minimising effort. A struggle then breaks out between the desire to do nothing and the physical activity. The results are consistent with the idea that our ancestors had to avoid unnecessary physical effort to increase their chances of survival.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science https://ift.tt/2PLVCTD

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