For the “Body Matters” MOOC (McGill University, Prof Ian Shrier): Exercise is medicine, for the body and the brain by Nagamatsu and colleagues.

Each week over 23,001 folks are learning about the power of exercise via a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Generously, BJSM helps out Professor Ian Shrier by answering one question each week on this blog. Prof Shrier just has to answer the other 23,ooo students’ questions. This week’s question is: “What are the effects of […]

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BJSM Cover 2nd Semi-Final…Vote and win!

VOTE HERE (CLICK) NOW! (until May 15th) The first semi-final of the cover competition was tight! The winner advanced to the final with a one vote margin!  Still a secret though! Now we have the 2nd semi-final. Rules refresher! 1. Semi Final 2 goes until midnight Oslo time: May 15th 2012. 2. You can vote […]

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E-letter: Response to “Evolution and pacing strategies”

I read the review article (abstract; full article) on the anticipatory regulation of performance and pacing strategies by Dr R Tucker in the June edition of BJSM with great interest. The idea that there is a part of the brain, as yet undiscovered, which enables one to judge the optimal work rate for a given […]

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