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Stay still! The neural mechanisms underlying stillness

5/19/2022

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Stay still! The neural mechanisms underlying stillness 
Why talk about stillness while talking about movement? As I was teaching my pup to "stay", I was thinking on how much of our lives we spend not moving. We reach towards our phone and stop moving, we walk to a location and stop, a cat stops moving while looking for its prey, a squirrel hops and jumps around, and then sits still on a brach, and the turtle stays absolutely still while sunning itself. 
What does stopping of movement mean in terms of brain functioning? 
The neural mechanisms of stillness are complex [1]. In the next few posts, I will look at how we stop moving, the neural mechanisms involved, and how this plays out in dance. In the meantime, check out Episode 2 of Vichaar where I talk about movement in dance, and movement in the brain. 

Citation:
  1. Noorani I, Carpenter RH. Not moving: the fundamental but neglected motor function. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2017;372(1718):20160190. doi:10.1098/rstb.2016.0190. Link to full-text. 
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Carol A Schachter
5/19/2022 01:21:10 pm

What a provocative diversion from discussions of movements! I look forward to reading more about stillness and applaud the writer's inclusion of this topic when discussing Vichaar.

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