New research from Japan via Eurekalert.
As usual, the Japanese academic setup with fungible annual funding PER LAB gives more flexible and creative results than the US system of funding PER PROJECT APPROVED BY DEEPSTATE. We used to have a more Japanese style in our industrial labs like Bell, but they’re gone now, LBOd by the Almighty Tech Tyrants.
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Listening to rhythmic music, particularly music with a pronounced groove, elicits a heightened sense of excitement, prompting individuals to instinctively move their bodies in sync with the rhythm. This natural inclination to move in harmony with music is referred to as groove.
Notably, aerobic exercise, even at low-intensity levels, stimulates the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of the brain, thereby improving executive functions such as attention, concentration, and judgment.
Cerebrate, cerebrate, dance to the music!
In this study, 48 healthy participants aged 18-26 engaged in 3 min of very-light intensity aerobic exercise set to GR [Groove Rhythm]**. The results revealed that participants who reported their bodies “resonating with the rhythm” during exercise, coupled with a subjective sense of “increased excitement,” demonstrated enhanced executive function in the prefrontal cortex and increased activation in the left DLPFC compared to standard very light-intensity exercise.
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Resonance is all. Physical matter is a counterproductive myth.
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** Fussy footnote: The phrase “aerobic exercise set to Groove Rhythm” sounds to me like a standard knob or button or format on music meant for exercise. Google doesn’t show any such setting or musical format. Groove Rhythm seems to be an exclusive trademark of the Tsukuba lab, used repeatedly in its string of publications around this topic and not used anywhere else.
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