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The findings, published in the October edition of Neuropsychologia, found that the struggle is real.
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B次元官网网址淭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.B次元官网网址�
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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 subjectsB次元官网网址� brains.
That came despite the fact that the subjects moved much faster when they moved towards the active pictures.
B次元官网网址淭he exciting novelty of our study is that it shows this faster avoidance of physical inactivity comes at a costB次元官网网址攁nd that is an increased involvement of brain resources,B次元官网网址� Boisgontier, who is a postdoctoral researcher in UBCB次元官网网址檚 brain behaviour lab at the department of physical therapy, said.
B次元官网网址淭hese results suggest that our brain is innately attracted to sedentary behaviours.B次元官网网址�
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