Dr. Geoff Burton
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5 days ago · Sports biomechanics is the science of understanding why the human body moves the way it does, including when things aren't flowing optimally or correctly. Learn more about biomechanics and how it applies to training, performance, equipment, and injury treatment and prevention.
- Basic Training - The Best Workout Routines for Athletes
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- Basic Training - The Best Workout Routines for Athletes
3 days ago · Humans learn from errors in their movements. This study shows that learning mechanisms triggered by limb-related sensory prediction errors and task-related performance errors are dissociable. While prediction errors drive implicit updates to motor plans, performance errors trigger deliberative selection of error-reducing actions.
3 days ago · The nervous system consists of the brain, spinal cord, sensory organs, and all of the nerves that connect these organs with the rest of the body. Together, these organs are responsible for the control of the body and communication among its parts.
3 days ago · central nervous system, system of nerve tissue in vertebrates that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system controls both voluntary movements, such as those involved in walking and in speech, and involuntary movements, such as breathing and reflex actions.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · The human lungs are a pair of large, spongy organs optimized for gas exchange between our blood and the air. Our bodies require oxygen in order to survive. The lungs provide us with that vital oxygen while also removing carbon dioxide before it can reach hazardous levels.
5 days ago · July 2, 2024 — Scientists have identified a gene which, when missing or impaired, can cause obesity, behavioural problems and, in mothers, postnatal depression. The discovery, reported today in ...
3 days ago · Mutations can result from errors in DNA replication during cell division, exposure to mutagens or a viral infection. Germline mutations (that occur in eggs and sperm) can be passed on to offspring, while somatic mutations (that occur in body cells) are not passed on.
