Wendy Suzuki: The brain-changing benefits of exercise
溫蒂鈴木: 運動為大腦帶來的益處
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
有件你們現在就可以做的事,
positive benefit for your brain
你會如何呢?
could actually last a long time
這事能持續很久的時間,
from different conditions
Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
或失智症的侵擾,你會如何?
of physical activity.
and protective benefits for your brain.
持久,且有保護作用的益處,
for the rest of your life.
is tell you a story
understanding of neuroscience,
the science underlying
is the most transformative thing
所有事情當中,
I know that our brains,
我知道我們的大腦,
known to humankind.
to talk about the brain,
that we are going to talk about today.
要談到的兩個關鍵區域。
right behind your forehead,
就在你的額頭後面,
focus, attention and your personality.
以及你的人格來說很重要。
in the temporal lobe, shown right here.
就在圖上的這裡。
the right and the left,
is a key structure
memories for facts and events.
並維持新的長期記憶。
is called the hippocampus.
with the hippocampus.
that lasts just a moment,
that has changed your brain,
這記憶能改變你的大腦,
the activity of individual brain cells
those brief bursts of electrical activity,
短暫的突升電流活動,
communicate with each other,
to form a new memory, or did not.
形成新記憶,或沒形成記憶?
I did something very unusual in science.
在科學中被認為很不尋常的事。
my research program.
that was so amazing,
the brain-changing effects of exercise.
運動有改變大腦的效應。
inadvertent way.
of all the memory work that I was doing --
記憶研究工作的頂峰,
for all of this memory work.
這項記憶研究而變得出名。
It was, scientifically.
在科學上的確很順利。
out of my lab door,
listening to those brain cells
獨自在黑暗的房間中
many years to realize it,
by myself, because I had no social life.
自己一個人,因為我沒有社交生活。
I was the weakest person on that trip."
我是那趟旅行中最弱的人。」
like the weakest person
classes at the gym.
dance, yoga, step class,
跳舞、瑜伽、階梯課程,
sweat-inducing workout that I tried,
會讓我滿身大汗的運動之後,
and this great energy boost.
going back to the gym.
一直持續回到健身房。
I even lost that 25 pounds.
我甚至把那二十五磅給減掉了。
into this regular exercise program
至今已有一年半多了,
made me sit up and take notice.
吃驚並吸引了我的注意。
writing a research grant,
through my mind before.
申請寫得真順利。」
科學家都會笑出來,
always laugh when I say that,
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 --
我的實驗室的研究主題──
that I had included and added to my life
without even knowing it.
做了實驗而不自知。
what I could find about what we knew
看看有沒有什麼已知資訊
of exercise on the brain.
and a growing literature
且還在不斷增加中,
that I noticed in myself.
我在身上注意到的所有改變。
better memory, better attention.
更好的記憶、更佳的注意力。
how powerful exercise was.
led me to the big decision
of really focusing on this question,
the most transformative thing
immediate effects on your brain.
有立即的效應。
levels of neurotransmitters
and noradrenaline.
right after that workout,
馬上提升你的心情,
to shift and focus attention,
will last for at least two hours.
會持續至少兩個小時。
will improve your reaction times
at catching that cup of Starbucks
they help you right after.
在運動剛結束時幫助你。
increase your cardiorespiratory function,
增加你的心肺功能,
changes the brain's anatomy,
brain area, the hippocampus.
大腦區域海馬迴開始。
produces brand new brain cells,
that actually increase its volume,
your long-term memory, OK?
in neuroscience studies,
最常見的研究發現,
dependent or your prefrontal cortex.
而這功能取決於你的前額葉皮質。
better focus and attention,
increases as well.
immediate effects of mood with exercise
不只是心情上的立即效應,
in those good mood neurotransmitters.
傳遞質就能得持續增加。
that exercise will do
about the brain like a muscle.
and prefrontal cortex gets.
就會更大、更強壯。
and the hippocampus
susceptible to neurodegenerative diseases
神經退化性疾病和老化
over your lifetime,
dementia or Alzheimer's disease,
is you're going to create
和前額葉皮質,
and prefrontal cortex
to actually have an effect.
才會對你產生實際的影響。
where everybody says,
want to know one thing.
the minimum amount of exercise
最少要做多少運動
the answer to that question.
這個問題的答案。
a triathlete to get these effects.
運動員也可以得到這些效應。
three to four times a week exercise
you don't have to go to the gym
in your power walk.
再額外多走一個街區。
as the aerobics class
是很好的有氧課程選擇,
workings of the brain,
can improve our brain function,
如何能改善大腦功能,
that I just gave you --
跟各位說的經驗法則──
the optimum exercise prescription
運動處方是什麼,
at your fitness level,
你的健康程度、
and protect your brain the best
你的大腦做到最好,
and it's another to do it.
「做」運動是另一回事。
as a certified exercise instructor,
認證運動指導員的權力,
just one minute of exercise.
just do what I do, say what I say,
只要做我做的動作,說我說的話,
your neighbor, OK?
it's right, left, right, left.
I am Wonder Woman-strong.
我是神力女超人── 強壯。
right and left, right and left.
拉下來,右、左、右、左。
exercise in your life
a happier, more protective life today,
from incurable diseases.
不受無法治癒的疾病所侵害。
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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