Wendy Suzuki: The brain-changing benefits of exercise
温蒂 苏祖基: 运动改变你的大脑
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
positive benefit for your brain
could actually last a long time
from different conditions
Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
不同病况的侵袭。
of physical activity.
and protective benefits for your brain.
即时的和长期的保护功效。
for the rest of your life.
is tell you a story
understanding of neuroscience,
我所深度理解的神经科学,
the science underlying
is the most transformative thing
I know that our brains,
我知道我们的大脑,
known to humankind.
to talk about the brain,
that we are going to talk about today.
两个关键部分。
right behind your forehead,
就在你额头后面,
focus, attention and your personality.
至关重要。
in the temporal lobe, shown right here.
右边这里。
the right and the left,
右边一个左边一个,
is a key structure
memories for facts and events.
长期记忆。
is called the hippocampus.
with the hippocampus.
that lasts just a moment,
that has changed your brain,
the activity of individual brain cells
those brief bursts of electrical activity,
这些电流活动的短暂爆发,
communicate with each other,
to form a new memory, or did not.
形成一段新的记忆,或没有。
I did something very unusual in science.
我做了一些科学界中很少见的实验。
my research program.
that was so amazing,
the brain-changing effects of exercise.
运动对大脑的改变。
inadvertent way.
"无心插柳柳成荫"的方式。
of all the memory work that I was doing --
所有记忆工作的最高点——
for all of this memory work.
我在那一领域正在声名鹊起。
It was, scientifically.
从科学角度来讲,它正是如此。
out of my lab door,
listening to those brain cells
many years to realize it,
才意识到这个问题。
by myself, because I had no social life.
因为我没朋友啊。
I was the weakest person on that trip."
我是那趟旅程最弱的一个。”
like the weakest person
再也不要做
classes at the gym.
dance, yoga, step class,
踏步教程,
sweat-inducing workout that I tried,
and this great energy boost.
精力也更好。
going back to the gym.
I even lost that 25 pounds.
甚至还减掉了那25磅。
into this regular exercise program
已经一年半过去了,
made me sit up and take notice.
值得我坐下来记录。
writing a research grant,
写着一份研究基金申请,
through my mind before.
申请材料今天写的很顺利嘛。”
always laugh when I say that,
我这样说的时候大笑,
pulling your hair out,
million-dollar-winning idea.
the grant-writing was going well,
to focus and maintain my attention
what I was studying in my own lab --
就是我实验室里研究的东西
that I had included and added to my life
without even knowing it.
对我自己进行了一项实验。
what I could find about what we knew
of exercise on the brain.
and a growing literature
文献记载
that I noticed in myself.
better memory, better attention.
专注力。
how powerful exercise was.
led me to the big decision
of really focusing on this question,
这个问题的专注研究,
the most transformative thing
immediate effects on your brain.
立刻的影响。
levels of neurotransmitters
and noradrenaline.
去甲肾上腺素。
right after that workout,
to shift and focus attention,
will last for at least two hours.
will improve your reaction times
at catching that cup of Starbucks
they help you right after.
它们只能帮你一时。
increase your cardiorespiratory function,
增强你的心肺功能,
changes the brain's anatomy,
brain area, the hippocampus.
海马体。
produces brand new brain cells,
能够产生全新的脑细胞,
that actually increase its volume,
your long-term memory, OK?
in neuroscience studies,
在神经科学研究中最常见的发现
dependent or your prefrontal cortex.
或是你的前额皮层。
better focus and attention,
increases as well.
immediate effects of mood with exercise
获得即时的愉悦心情
in those good mood neurotransmitters.
情绪转化神经元。
that exercise will do
最具变革意义的事情是
about the brain like a muscle.
and prefrontal cortex gets.
就越大越强壮。
and the hippocampus
susceptible to neurodegenerative diseases
over your lifetime,
dementia or Alzheimer's disease,
阿兹海默综合症,
is you're going to create
and prefrontal cortex
to actually have an effect.
对不对?
where everybody says,
want to know one thing.
the minimum amount of exercise
the answer to that question.
a triathlete to get these effects.
铁人三项才能获得这些改变。
three to four times a week exercise
you don't have to go to the gym
in your power walk.
as the aerobics class
workings of the brain,
can improve our brain function,
如何来提升大脑的性能,
that I just gave you --
the optimum exercise prescription
at your fitness level,
and protect your brain the best
and it's another to do it.
as a certified exercise instructor,
认证运动教练的身份来呼吁你们,
just one minute of exercise.
just do what I do, say what I say,
请做我所做,说我所说,
your neighbor, OK?
准备好了吗?
it's right, left, right, left.
I am Wonder Woman-strong.
right and left, right and left.
exercise in your life
a happier, more protective life today,
备受保护的当下生活,
from incurable diseases.
无法治愈的疾病侵袭。
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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