I think, youknow, there's even a studyfromHoppyHofstra's labatHarvardthatshowedifyouputwheels, runningwheelsinfields, thatrodentswillrunthereinthemiddleofthenightandrunonthem.
That's howinsanelyobsessedwithrunning.
They'rejustenergetic, theywanttogo.
There's somethingrewardingaboutitforthem.
Butinanyevent, itlowerstheirbloodpressure, itleadstoimprovementsin a numberofmetricsthatyouexpect.
Andyouseethesamethinginhumans, right, whorunon a treadmillorrunoutdoorsorswimincardiovascularexercise.
Okay, well, Sapolskyand I lovetotalkaboutanexperimentwheretheytooktwodifferentcageswithanimals.
Oneisrunningvoluntarily, butthenthatrunningwheelistetheredto a runningwheelinanothercagethatenclosesananimal, forcesittoruneverytimetheotheroneruns.
Soit's notexerciseperse, it's somethingaboutbeingforcedtoexercisecausesdecrementsin a numberofhealthmetrics.
Andyouseethesamethinginhumans.
Sowhat's wildismycolleague, Dr. AliCrum, DepartmentofPsychologyatStanfordhasdonethesebeautifulexperimentsonmindsetandbelief.
Thesearenotplaceboeffects.
Andwhatshe's shownin a justabsolutelyspectacularwayisthatifpeoplewatch a shortvideoaboutallthewaysinwhichstresscanreallydiminishyourhealth, wellthenindeedstressdiminishestheirhealth.
Whereasif a separategroupwatches a factual, alsofiveminute, alsofactualtutorialonallthewaysthatstresscanenhanceperformancebyharnessingyourabilitytofocus, memoryformation, etcetera, allofwhichistrue, that's indeedwhatyousee.
Can I giveyoumyfavoriteonethat I learnedaboutoverthelastyear?
SotheBostonMarathonbombing, 2012, about 10 yearsago, 2016 maybe.
Anyway, BostonMarathonbombing, a studywasdonecomparingpeoplewhohadbeenattheactualmarathonwhilethebombhadgoneoffandpeoplewhohadwatched 90 minutesormoreofnewscoverageaboutit.
Andthepeoplewhowatched 90 minutesormoreofnewscoverageaboutitshowed a greaterstressresponsethanthepeoplewholiterallylivedthroughit.
IANSoyou'resayingthatlearningaboutegodepletionandbelievingthatwillpoweris a limitedresourceisaninformationhazardthatisself-fulfilling.
CARLPotentially.
NowBaumeistershowedhimselftobeprettydetermined, wentandcounteredtheDweckcounterbyshowingthatifindeed, ifthere's a hardtaskfollowedby a hardtask, thenyourbeliefsaboutwillpowercanimpactyourperformanceonthesecondtask.
SoDweck, AKADweckisright.
Butthatifyouhave a hardtask, hardtask, andthenanotherhardtask, sobacktobacktobacktasksormore, whichis a lotofwhatlifeislike, well, thenitseemsthatthewillpoweris a limitedresourceandglucosesupportingwillpowertheoryholdsup a bitbetter.
TheAMCCreceivesinputsfrom a lotofinterestingbrainareasrelatedtoreward, relatedtoautonomicfunction, sohowalertorsleepyweare, toprediction, topredictionerror.
It's a hubformany, manyinputsandoutputs, hormonesystems, etcetera.
Beautifulexperimentsdonebymycolleague, JoeParviziatStanfordhaveshownthatifyoustimulatethisbrainarea, a tinylittlebrainareain a human, theyimmediatelyfeelasifsomechallengeisimpending, andthey'regoingtomeetthatchallenge.
It's a forwardcenterofmassagainstchallengeresponse.
Individualswithanorexianervosa, themostdeadlyofallpsychiatricdisorderswhere a self-deprivationoffoodactivatesexcessivereward.
There's thiskindofloopofreward.
TheirAMCCsaresignificantlygreatersizethanothers.
Sothere's, youknow, thiscanbetakentoofar.
Superagers, whichis a bitof a misnomerbecausetheseindividualsarepeoplewhomaintainhealthycognitivefunction, similartopeopleintheirtwentiesandthirtiesintotheirseventies, eighties, andnineties, theirAMCCmaintainsorincreasesinsizeintotheirlateryears.
Soon a householdmaintenancelevel, youknow, I maintain a verycleanhome.
I'm constantlythrowingthingsawayaswell, butthereare a fewthingslikeonce I exceed a certainnumberofdishesinthesink, itbecomesthis, okay, I'll, I'llloadthedishwasherlatertypething.
Like a microsuckformewouldbelike, especiallyifsomething's beenintherefor a whileandit's kindofgrossandthenyougottolikeworkthroughit.
Andofcourse I tryandputeachdishawayas, as I, youknow, dirtythemup.
Butsolittlethings, thethingsthatthe, I reallydon't wanttodealwiththatrightnow.
Sothere, I probablygot a littlebitofAMCCactivationbecauseeverythingwas, thenumberofnegotiations I wentthroughwhen I turnedupmystreetattheendofthisrun, whetherornot I wasgoingtorunthisextra 20 meterswasridiculous.
I mean, thehumanbrainstrugglingtonotdothisextra 20 meters.
Itwassosilly.
Soit's gotta, it's gottahurt a littlebit.
Again, youdon't wanttodamageyourself, but I thinkinthecontextofforinstance, cognitivelearning, gettingtothepointwhereyoufinishsomethingandthenforcingyourselftodoonelittleextrabitthereattheend.
So, youknow, I, I've, I'm notlookingforanycreditforit, but I wanttobeveryclearthatthescientificliteraturedoesn't callthesethingsmicro-sucks.
I callthemmicro-sucks.
And I sortofputthatouttherejusttomakeitclearastowhatwe'rereferringto.
Andwhatyou'resayinghereisthatwe'relookingtojustpushourselves a littlebitpastthat.
It's likeanunnecessaryamountofchallenge.
And I thinkthatgoonemoremakesquite a nicereminderforuswiththemicrosuckorthemacrosuck.
Let's pushourselvesjust a littlebitbeyondwherewewouldhavegotoursenseofsatisfactionbecausepresumablyyougetthedopamine, I'vecompletedthetask, fuckyeah.
Andthenit's like, andthen I dojustthattinylittlebitmoreto, tobring.
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