31/12/2013
Claudia finds out why taxing the brain can hinder one's ability to exercise and how new research shows soldiers can be trained to resist the overwhelming effects of mental fatigue.
Claudia Hammond finds out why your exercise regime could be hindered if you have been taxing your brain too much. She talks to Professor Samuele Marcora from the University of Kent about his research on why the chemical by products of being mentally exhausted can actually make physical exercise much harder. He discusses his new research with the Ministry of Defence where he is finding that soldiers can be trained to resist the overwhelming effects of cognitive fatigue. Also in the programme the moral distress experienced by nurses and more results from the 大象传媒 Stress test and what it reveals about mental well-being.
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Chapters
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Mental Fatigue and Sports Performance
Why your exercise regime could be hindered if you have been taxing your brain too much.
Duration: 09:12
Moral Distress
Moral distress in nurses: knowing the right thing to do but being unable to do it.
Duration: 09:19
Mental Well Being
The 大象传媒 Stress Test: Mental well-being and stress.
Duration: 07:42
Broadcast
- Tue 31 Dec 2013 21:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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