Scientists: Running could make you smarter

If effective trolling is considered a form of intelligence, then yes.

Hard to really take anything away from a study that results in "could" instead of "does". "Could" also means "could not".

IF running makes you smarter, I shudder at the thought of how stupid you dumb sons of bitches would be without it.

Made my day! ;-)

Loper wrote:

IF running makes you smarter, I shudder at the thought of how stupid you dumb sons of bitches would be without it.

Loper wrote:

IF running makes you smarter, I shudder at the thought of how stupid you dumb sons of bitches would be without it.

+1

This place proves otherwise

PhD scientist here. This is a stupid study, small numbers for both groups. The control group was some assortment of sedintary people. This basically told us that "exercise is good for your brain," but it could basically still be the case that running is no better than, doing cross fit, riding a recumbent bike, or any other workout. What a waste of time and money

Bad study wrote:

PhD scientist here. This is a stupid study, small numbers for both groups. The control group was some assortment of sedintary people. This basically told us that "exercise is good for your brain," but it could basically still be the case that running is no better than, doing cross fit, riding a recumbent bike, or any other workout. What a waste of time and money

sedintary people?

Your brain is the size of an uncooked grain of basmati rice.

Did you learn to spell at the Ivy League?

You suck big time.

Fail.

Correlation =/= causation.

Loper wrote:

IF running makes you smarter, I shudder at the thought of how stupid you dumb sons of bitches would be without it.

And Merrie krissmass to u, you grumpy Moran.

I feel like I am getting dumber and useless running high mileage.

I think there is strong evidence on this site that that is not true.

What other group of athletes could compete with runners in the intelligence department? Maybe cyclists.

Loper wrote:

IF running makes you smarter, I shudder at the thought of how stupid you dumb sons of bitches would be without it.

WELL SAID. 100% AGREE.

this shit is published in frontiers. a pretty bottom of the barrel journal. Not to say some good science isn't published there but you cant conclude anything really other than pure correlation from these data. are people with high connectivity drawn to running? does running increase this connectivity?

They also did NO COGNITIVE TESTS. They ran and they took brain images. The bottom line that can be drawn from the data is this - amongst 20 year olds from this area who are probably white, the ones who run (a very self selecting group, i might add) tend to have more functional connections. thats it. If those connects do something, they need to prove that and they also need to prove that they came from running as opposed to smart people selecting running.

Notice that this quote Letsrun has put up was NOT included in the peer reviewed journal article. That is because they don't have the data to support this statement.

Scientific findings and their relevance is so often overstated.

Bad study wrote:

PhD scientist here. This is a stupid study, small numbers for both groups. The control group was some assortment of sedintary people. This basically told us that "exercise is good for your brain," but it could basically still be the case that running is no better than, doing cross fit, riding a recumbent bike, or any other workout. What a waste of time and money

did it even really suggest this much? did you look and see this was an imaging study? no functional testing performed

LetsRun.com wrote:

RW had summarized an interesting recent scientific study.

http://www.runnersworld.com/brain/study-shows-young-runners-have-stronger-brain-connections

RW wrote:

The team, which includes a neuroscientist, has recently completed the first functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI) study of young, highly fit runners and non-runners of the same age.

They concluded that the runners had “clear differences in resting state functional connectivity” and believe that the differences might extend to “activities that are unrelated to sports.” In other words: Running could make you smarter.

“Our study suggests that high levels of aerobic exercise, like endurance running, might benefit brain function, particularly complex cognitive abilities like planning, switching between tasks, and multitasking,” said Gene Alexander, Ph.D., director of the University of Arizona’s Brain Imaging, Behavior, and Aging Lab.

Hello LetsRun.com smarty pants.

Let's take a look at your front page headline from today:

At least 200 cyclists got up early to ride with the biggest doper in history, Lance Armstrong, last week in Australia

Here is the link to the article:

Hey Letsrun.com Ivy League smarty pants.

Is Auckland located in Australia?

No.

Auckland is located in New Zealand.

You should run more to try to stimulate some neurogenesis.

You should also try an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor combined with an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist and a selective monoamine oxidase B inhibitor.

All of this will not be effective to improve your cognitive function.

Your situation is hopeless.

I am sorry about that.

Bad study wrote:

PhD scientist here. This is a stupid study, small numbers for both groups. The control group was some assortment of sedintary people. This basically told us that "exercise is good for your brain," but it could basically still be the case that running is no better than, doing cross fit, riding a recumbent bike, or any other workout. What a waste of time and money

You obviously do not understand that it is more important to write a press release that gets coverage than to get it right.

If the scientists start checking this forum they will change their minds

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