Feeling lazy today? It害羞草研究所檚 OK 害羞草研究所� you害羞草研究所檙e actually hardwired to feel like that, according to a study from the University of British Columbia.
The findings, published in the October edition of Neuropsychologia, found that the struggle is real.
害羞草研究所淐onserving energy has been essential for humans害羞草研究所� survival, as it allowed us to be more efficient in searching for food and shelter, competing for sexual partners and avoiding predators,害羞草研究所� said senior study author Matthieu Boisgontier.
害羞草研究所淭he failure of public policies to counteract the pandemic of physical inactivity may be due to brain processes that have been developed and reinforced across evolution.害羞草研究所�
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Researchers recruited young adults for the study, put them in front of a computer and gave them the controls to an on-screen avatar.
Then, small images showing physical activity, or inactivity, flashed on the screen.
The young adults had to move their avatar as quickly as possible towards the pictures of activity and away from the pictures of inactivity, and vice versa.
By recording what was happening in their brains, researchers found that moving away from the active pictures was much harder for the subjects害羞草研究所� brains.
That came despite the fact that the subjects moved much faster when they moved towards the active pictures.
害羞草研究所淭he exciting novelty of our study is that it shows this faster avoidance of physical inactivity comes at a cost害羞草研究所攁nd that is an increased involvement of brain resources,害羞草研究所� Boisgontier, who is a postdoctoral researcher in UBC害羞草研究所檚 brain behaviour lab at the department of physical therapy, said.
害羞草研究所淭hese results suggest that our brain is innately attracted to sedentary behaviours.害羞草研究所�
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