Wendy Suzuki: The brain-changing benefits of exercise
وێندى سوزوكى: سوودە مێشک گۆڕەکانی وەرزشکردن
Wendy Suzuki is researching the science behind the extraordinary, life-changing effects that physical activity can have on the most important organ in your body: your brain. Full bio
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that you can do right now
دهتوانن ههر ئێستا بيكهن،
positive benefit for your brain
به مێشكتان دهگهيهنێ
could actually last a long time
ماوەیەکی زۆر بمێنێتەوە و
from different conditions
Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
نهخۆشى پوکانەوەی مێشک دهپارێزێ؟
of physical activity.
چالاكييه جهستهييهكان دهكهم.
and protective benefits for your brain.
پارێزەری دەبێت بۆ مێشکت. و
for the rest of your life.
بەردەوام دەبێت.
is tell you a story
گێڕانهوهى چيرۆكێكه بۆ ئێوه
understanding of neuroscience,
لەسەر خۆم بکەم
the science underlying
زانسته شاراوهيهم ئاشكرا كرد
is the most transformative thing
I know that our brains,
ئهوه دهزانم كه مێشكمان
known to humankind.
مرۆڤ دركى پێ كردبێت.
to talk about the brain,
پارێزراوى مرۆڤه.
that we are going to talk about today.
کە ئەمڕۆ دەمانەوێ باسی بکەین.
right behind your forehead,
ڕاستهوخۆ دهكهوێته پشتى ناوچهوانهوه،
focus, attention and your personality.
سەرنجدان و کەسایەتی.
in the temporal lobe, shown right here.
ڕێك دهكهويته ئێرهوه.
the right and the left,
ڕاست و چهپ،
is a key structure
پێكهاتهيهكى گرنگ ههيه
memories for facts and events.
سهبارهت به ڕاستى و ڕووداوهكان.
is called the hippocampus.
with the hippocampus.
that lasts just a moment,
چەند ساتێکی خایاندبێت،
that has changed your brain,
تەواو مێشکت بگۆڕێت،
the activity of individual brain cells
چالاكى خانهكانى مێشكى كهسێك ،
نوێ درووست دەکات.
those brief bursts of electrical activity,
چۆن ئەو دەردانە کورتەی چالاکی کارەبایی،
communicate with each other,
پێكهوه پهيوهندى دهكهن،
to form a new memory, or did not.
بۆ دروستبوونى يادهوهرى، يان نايدهن
I did something very unusual in science.
نائاساييم له زانستدا ئهنجام دا.
شارهزا له دهمارزانيدا،
my research program.
بهرنامهى توێژينهوهكهم بگۆڕم.
that was so amazing,
زۆر سهرسوڕهێنهر بوومهوه،
the brain-changing effects of exercise.
لهژێر كاريگهرى ڕاهێنانه جهستهييهكاندا گۆڕانى بهسهردا دێت.
inadvertent way.
of all the memory work that I was doing --
دهربارهى يادهوهرى كه ئيشم لهسهر دهكرد.
for all of this memory work.
ههموو ئهو ئيشانهى كه له بوارى يادهوهريدا كردبوومن.
It was, scientifically.
له ڕووى زانستييهوه ههر واش بوو.
out of my lab door,
تاقيگهكهم برده دهرهوه،
listening to those brain cells
له گوێگرتن له خانهكانى مێشك
many years to realize it,
زۆرم پێ چوو تا دركم بهمه كرد،،
by myself, because I had no social life.
بهتهنيا ههر خۆم چووم، چونكه هيچ ژيانێكى كۆمهڵايهتيم نهبوو.
من لاوازترين كهس بووم لهو گهشتهدا." .
I was the weakest person on that trip."
ڕێگه نادهم ئاوا لاوازترين كهس بم ."
like the weakest person
بۆ هۆڵى وهرزش بڕۆم.
كهسێتى جۆرى -ئهى-م.
classes at the gym.
ڕاهێنان له هۆڵى وهرزش
dance, yoga, step class,
وەرزشی ئەیرۆبیک، و
sweat-inducing workout that I tried,
ڕاهێنانێك كه ههوڵم دهدا و ئارهقم دهكردهوه،
and this great energy boost.
بهردهوام بۆ هۆڵى وهرزش بگهڕێمهوه.
going back to the gym.
I even lost that 25 pounds.
ئهو 25 پاوهنده زيادهيهشم لهدهست دا
into this regular exercise program
پرۆگرامی وەرزشکردنە بەردەوامە و
made me sit up and take notice.
دانیشم و لە شتێکی نوێ بکۆڵمەوە.
writing a research grant,
بەرزکردنەوەی پلەی زانستیم دەنوسی، و
through my mind before.
به شێوهيهكى باش بهڕێوه دهچێ.
always laugh when I say that,
کاتێک ئەوە دەڵێم
قەت بە باشی ناڕوات.
pulling your hair out,
دهڕنيتهوه لە داخدا،
million-dollar-winning idea.
بە مێشکتدا بێت.
the grant-writing was going well,
توێژینەوەی پلە بەرزکردنەوەکە باش دەڕوات،
to focus and maintain my attention
سەرنجی خۆم ئاڕاستە بکەم
what I was studying in my own lab --
كه له تاقيگهكهى خۆمدا ئيشم لهسهر دهكرد --
that I had included and added to my life
بۆ ژيانى خۆمم زیادکرد:
without even knowing it.
تاقیکردنەوەم لەسەر خۆم کردبێت.
بواری دەمارزانی،
what I could find about what we knew
پێئەدۆزرێتەوە دەربارەی ئەوەی دەمانزانی
of exercise on the brain.
ڕاهێنان بۆ سهر مێشك.
and a growing literature
وێژەیەک بوو لە گەشەکردندا بوو
that I noticed in myself.
لە خۆمدا هەستم پێکرد.
better memory, better attention.
يادهوهرييهكى باشتر، سهرنجدانى باشتر.
how powerful exercise was.
led me to the big decision
گۆڕينى بوارى توێژينهوهكهم.
of really focusing on this question,
سهرنج چڕكردنهوه لهسهر ئهم پرسياره،
the most transformative thing
immediate effects on your brain.
يهكسهرى ههيه لهسهر مێشك. .
levels of neurotransmitters
گوێزهرهوه دهماريهكان زياد دهكات
and noradrenaline.
right after that workout,
پاش ڕاهێنان باش دهبێت،
ههر بهتهنيا يهك ڕاهێنان
to shift and focus attention,
چڕكردنهوهت بهرهوپێش ببات،
will last for at least two hours.
بۆ دوو کاتژمێر بەردەوام دەبێت.
will improve your reaction times
کاتی کاردانەوەت باشتر دەکات
at catching that cup of Starbucks
دەکەوێتە خوارەوە،
they help you right after.
ڕێک دوای ڕاهێنانەکە یارمەتیت ئەیات.
increase your cardiorespiratory function,
بهمه کرداری ههناسهدان و دڵيش باشتر دهبن،
كاريگهرييانە دهمێنێتهوه.
ماوهيهكى درێژخايهن دهمێنێتهوه،
changes the brain's anatomy,
گۆڕانكارى له توێكارى مێشكدا،
brain area, the hippocampus.
من خوازراوترینە، هایپۆکامپەس.
produces brand new brain cells,
مێشک درووست دەکەن،
that actually increase its volume,
کە قەبارەیان زیاد دەکات،
your long-term memory, OK?
بهرهوپيش دهبات، باشە؟
in neuroscience studies,
لێكۆڵينهوهكانى دهمارزانيدا دهدۆزرێنهوه،.
درێژخايهنى ڕاهێنانهكان،
dependent or your prefrontal cortex.
پشت دهبهستێت به ناوچهى توێكڵى ناوچهوانه پل.
better focus and attention,
باشترت دهست ناكهوێت،
increases as well.
immediate effects of mood with exercise
یەکسەری باشبوونى ميزاجت دەست ناكهوێت،
زۆر دەمێننەوە.
in those good mood neurotransmitters.
لەو گەیەنەرە دەماریانەی مەزاجی باشدا.
that exercise will do
گۆڕانكارى ڕيشهيى كه ڕاهێنان دهيكات.
about the brain like a muscle.
سەیری مێشک بکەیتز
and prefrontal cortex gets.
گەورەتر و بەهێزتر دەبن.
and the hippocampus
هايپۆكهمپەس
susceptible to neurodegenerative diseases
بۆ نەخۆشییەکانی پووکانەوەی دەماری و
over your lifetime,
ڕاهێناندا به درێژايى ژیان،
dementia or Alzheimer's disease,
یان ئەلزەهایمەر ناکەیت،
is you're going to create
and prefrontal cortex
گهورهتر و بههێزتر دهكهيت،
to actually have an effect.
کاریگەری خۆیان درووست ئەکەن.
خێرا بێت بۆ مێشکت، باشە؟
where everybody says,
تیایدا هەمووان دەڵێن،
want to know one thing.
the minimum amount of exercise
چهنده كه پێويستم پێيهتى
the answer to that question.
ئەو پرسیارەتان پێدەڵێم.
a triathlete to get these effects.
بە وەرزشەوانێکی قورس بۆ ئەم کاریگەرییانە.
three to four times a week exercise
you don't have to go to the gym
بچیت بۆ جیم
in your power walk.
as the aerobics class
دەکرێت هێندەی وەرزشی ئەیرۆبیک باشبێت
لە بواری یادەوەرییەوە
workings of the brain,
can improve our brain function,
ڕاهێنان فرمانى مێشكمان بهرهوپێش دهبات،
that I just gave you --
بڕۆم كه ئێستاكه پێم دان --
the optimum exercise prescription
ڕاهێنان کردن تێبگەم
at your fitness level,
ئاستی لەباربوونی لەشتان،
ڕاهێنانەکانی ئەمڕۆ و
and protect your brain the best
پاراستنی مێشکت بە باشترین شێوە
and it's another to do it.
شتێكه و ئهنجامدانى شتێكى ديكهيه.
as a certified exercise instructor,
خاوهن بڕوانامه بهكار دههێنم و
just one minute of exercise.
just do what I do, say what I say,
ئەوە بکەنەوە کە دەیڵێم، و
your neighbor, OK?
بە کەسی تەنیشتتان، باشە؟
it's right, left, right, left.
لاى ڕاست، چهپ، ڕاست، چهپ.
I am Wonder Woman-strong.
من تواناى ژنه سەرسوڕهێنەرەکەم ههيه.
سەرسوڕهێنەرەکەم ههيه.
ڕاست و چەپ.
right and left, right and left.
ڕاست و چەپ، ڕاست و چەپ.
دەی بیڵێن.
exercise in your life
ڕاهێنان بۆ ناو ژيانت،
a happier, more protective life today,
from incurable diseases.
دهپارێزێت كه قابيلى چاكبوونهوه نين.
the trajectory of your life
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Wendy Suzuki - Neuroscientist, authorWendy Suzuki is researching the science behind the extraordinary, life-changing effects that physical activity can have on the most important organ in your body: your brain.
Why you should listen
Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at New York University, an author, storyteller and fitness instructor. She received her undergraduate degree in physiology and human anatomy at the University of California, Berkeley in 1987 studying with Prof. Marion C. Diamond, a leader in the field of brain plasticity. She went on to earn her PhDin Neuroscience from U.C. San Diego in 1993 and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health before accepting her faculty position at New York University in 1998.
Suzuki's major research interest continues to be brain plasticity. She is best known for her extensive work studying areas in the brain critical for our ability to form and retain new long-term memories. More recently, her work has focused on understanding how aerobic exercise can be used to improve learning, memory and higher cognitive abilities in humans. She is passionate about teaching, about exercise (intenSati) and about supporting and mentoring up and coming scientists.
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