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Athletes Have More Sound-Sensitive Brains
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/srussDWNdZU
Playing sports enhances your brain’s ability to process environmental sounds and eliminate background noise. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University report this finding after studying nearly 500 student-athletes and matched controls.
Delivering speech through earbuds and recording participants’ brain waves, researchers discovered playing collegiate sports enhances a player’s ability to extract meaningful speech from their environment by effectively suppressing background noise. In contrast, other research shows that the brains of musicians and multi-lingual individuals amplify meaningful sounds rather than suppressing background noise.
Hearing better is yet another reason to be physically active. The trick is to play non-contact sports like tennis, volleyball, and track that pose no risk to your brain’s overall physical health.
Jennifer Krizman, Tory Lindley, Silvia Bonacina, Danielle Colegrove, Travis White-Schwoch, Nina Kraus. Play Sports for a Quieter Brain: Evidence From Division I Collegiate Athletes. Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2019; 194173811989227 DOI: 10.1177/1941738119892275
#Sports #hearing #backgroundnoise
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By Howard G. Smith MD, AM
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/srussDWNdZU
Playing sports enhances your brain’s ability to process environmental sounds and eliminate background noise. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University report this finding after studying nearly 500 student-athletes and matched controls.
Delivering speech through earbuds and recording participants’ brain waves, researchers discovered playing collegiate sports enhances a player’s ability to extract meaningful speech from their environment by effectively suppressing background noise. In contrast, other research shows that the brains of musicians and multi-lingual individuals amplify meaningful sounds rather than suppressing background noise.
Hearing better is yet another reason to be physically active. The trick is to play non-contact sports like tennis, volleyball, and track that pose no risk to your brain’s overall physical health.
Jennifer Krizman, Tory Lindley, Silvia Bonacina, Danielle Colegrove, Travis White-Schwoch, Nina Kraus. Play Sports for a Quieter Brain: Evidence From Division I Collegiate Athletes. Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2019; 194173811989227 DOI: 10.1177/1941738119892275
#Sports #hearing #backgroundnoise