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Physical fitness is associated with higher intelligence.
You're not at your cognitive potential if you're not at your physical potential.
Nicholas Fabiano, MD
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Nicholas Fabiano, MD
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- First born children have higher IQ than their siblings.
- Repetitive negative thinking is associated with cognitive decline. Stay positive.
- First born children have higher IQ than their siblings. 🧵1/9
- Fast walkers have higher IQ and larger brains than slow walkers. 🧵1/9
- Handwriting leads to widespread brain connectivity - typing does not. 🧵1/10
- Instead of “I’m bad at this”. Say “This is new for me”. This gives your brain the space to learn instead of shut down. This is neuroplasticity in real time.
- Fast walkers tend to have higher IQ & larger brains than slow walkers.
- Fast walkers have higher IQ & larger brains than slow walkers.
- Cat ownership is associated with a 2x odds of schizophrenia.
- Handwriting leads to widespread brain connectivity - typing does not.
Readers added context to this imageReaders added contextThis study required participants to type using only their right index finger and did not display the typed characters on a screen for visual feedback. It is unlikely to reflect the neural processes involved in real-world typing. frontiersin.org/journals/psych… frontiersin.org/journals/psych…
