The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of Movement
Why the brain needs the body to move, and how physical stillness contributes to cognitive and emotional decline
1,305-word article with 8 Harvard references.
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The human brain did not evolve for stillness. It evolved to coordinate movement through complex, unpredictable environments, and the cognitive capacities we prize most, memory, attention, emotional regulation, creative thought, are all downstream of the motor system that made survival possible. This fully referenced article explores why movement is not a lifestyle choice but a biological requirement, and what happens to a brain that spends its days sitting in a chair.
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