A new study has revealed that people who play sports have a greater ability to tune out the clamor of life than those of a less athletic persuasion. They may also have a quieter, healthier nervous system as a result.
New study from Northwestern University in Illinois, in its conclusions detailed that, people who play sports have a greater ability to tune out the clamor of life than those of a less athletic persuasion.
The researchers tested this theory by hooking up two groups of athletes and non athletes to a device that delivered speech syllables through earbuds.
They analyzed the participants’ brain activity relative to the level of background noise during each syllable.
Athletes overall had a stronger response to these sounds relative to the background noise.
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