When it comes to football, the excitement doesn't start when the whistle blows. For Brazilian fans, the real buzz begins with the Rua de Fogo. This is a pre-game ritual filled with chants, flares, and a shared sense of anticipation. It turns out, this ritual does more than just hype up the crowd. It actually syncs up the emotions of everyone involved. Researchers wa...
Breathing is something we do all the time. It is a natural process. But did you know that breathing in a certain way can change how your body works? Slow breathing, known as resonance breathing, can have a big impact on your body's nerves and heart rate. This type of breathing can make your heart rate and blood pressure work together in a special way. It is called ba...
Military training is tough. It is designed to push people to their limits. This is done to prepare soldiers for the intense conditions they might face in real-world scenarios. One way to measure the stress of this training is by looking at heart rate variability (HRV). HRV is a measure of how the heart responds to different situations. It can tell us a lot about ...
There is a growing interest in understanding how hatha yoga affects older adults. A recent study looked at how hard the heart works during a typical yoga session for this age group. The study involved 26 participants, with just one man in the group. Their average age was 70 years, and their body mass index was around 25. These individuals were part of a program d...
The COVID-19 pandemic shook things up worldwide. It changed how people moved, how their hearts beat, and how they slept. The pandemic disrupted normal life in many ways. People started to pay attention to their physical activity, heart rate, and sleep patterns. It was a wake-up call for many. This was all thanks to activity trackers. These gadgets gave a real-ti...
The idea that excitement grabs our attention has been around for a while. But what if the opposite is true? What if excitement makes us turn away? This is what a recent study looked into. It found that both excitement and calmness can make us pay attention to something or ignore it. The study used skin conductance and heart rate to measure how excited or calm pe...
The heart is often seen as a perfect matchmaker, adjusting its output to meet the body's needs during exercise and heat stress. However, recent findings suggest that this might not always be the case. The heart's response to these demands involves two key factors: stroke volume, or the amount of blood pumped with each beat, and heart rate, or the number of beats per ...
Exercise is great for the heart, but did you know that it can also cause some interesting changes in how your heart beats? During a workout, your heart rate goes up and down. This change can affect how quickly your heart's electrical activity returns to normal. This is measured by something called the QT interval. The QT interval is a way to describe how long it tak...
Ever wondered if those cops or detectives on shows can remember everything from a crime scene because they thought it happened in a video? Well, some studies pushed the idea that people on a screen may not be as accurate as they could be because we've grown up on video game prayers. Researchers wanted to experiment. They looked at a murder mystery or a crime playe...
Wearable technologies are straight up a game-changer. They provide insight into real-life movements and actions that they do all day. They can catch real-rating heart data 24/7. But wait. Between the needed accelerations, check this out. There are actually not any good rules to follow about the latest hard data for continuous heart rate. Maybe...