Amsterdam is a wonderful place to go and last year about 5 thousand physiotherapists from all over the world did exactly that - the World Congress on Physiotherapy was a festival de fysio and I for one, had a ball. The official hosting body, the World Confederation of Physical Therapy, has just released many of the topical symposia presentations. … [Read more...]
Time to brush up on your acting
July 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
We are lucky enough to have three rather clever and certainly friendly med students working on some research studies. This post is from Rahul - it is about a paper we thought was interesting. We wonder if there might be something in it for our quest for better treatments. Here's Rahul- After a nauseating movie-going experience, I find … [Read more...]
Brain sciences emerge in conversations about elite sport
December 17, 2009 By 2 Comments
We were chuffed and impressed to see the slideshow about amputees learning impossible movements on Mike Nelson's extreme human performance blog. We agree that our study has implications for elite sport and human performance, particularly when one considers that elite athletes are asking the absolute most of their brain as well as their body. … [Read more...]
Further evidence to suggest we should learn something novel every decade
I remember sitting my folks down and sternly counselling them to make sure they learnt a completely novel skill once per decade, to ensure that their brain doesn't turn to mush. There is plenty of evidence to support such advice (well, aside from the 'mush' bit), but here is a new finding that adds to that evidence, with a whole new level of … [Read more...]