Comments on: Science in Action: Exercise (more confirmation) http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:57:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Seth’s blog » Blog Archive » Science in Action: Exercise (15-minute walk) http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-42049 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:37:15 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-42049 [...] Science in Action: Exercise (more confirmation) [...] […] Science in Action: Exercise (more confirmation) […]

]]> by: seth http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-41999 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:31:43 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-41999 That's right -- the peak effect of exercise is afterwards. That’s right — the peak effect of exercise is afterwards.

]]> by: Tom http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-41831 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:52:48 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-41831 It looks like anyone who isn't hitting the gym right before taking the SAT or Bar exams is making a big mistake! It looks like anyone who isn’t hitting the gym right before taking the SAT or Bar exams is making a big mistake!

]]> by: Willy http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-41799 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:10:44 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-41799 Am I reading the results right?. The peak effect of exercise is after 1-2 hours?. I think this is important to schedule exercise the right time before you need to be sharper. Thanks. Am I reading the results right?. The peak effect of exercise is after 1-2 hours?. I think this is important to schedule exercise the right time before you need to be sharper. Thanks.

]]> by: Timothy Beneke http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-41732 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:03:00 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/09/10/science-in-action-exercise-more-confirmation/#comment-41732 For what it's worth, a general finding about performance and the presence of others, which is believed to be an effect of arousal. We perform well-learned easy tasks, like simple arithmetic or tying our shoes better, faster, when in the presence of other people. The presence of others is arousing physiologically and that makes it easier. We perform more novel, difficult tasks worse in the presence of other people; it is believed because we are more aroused. It was suspected that this was because we feared being judged by others, but it holds even if the others present cannot see us. Robert Zajonc is the one who theorized all of this, that is, made sense of the disparate findings about performing better or worse around other people. I wonder if the arousal effects of exercise might differentiate in terms of easy versus difficult tasks. For what it’s worth, a general finding about performance and the presence of others, which is believed to be an effect of arousal. We perform well-learned easy tasks, like simple arithmetic or tying our shoes better, faster, when in the presence of other people. The presence of others is arousing physiologically and that makes it easier.

We perform more novel, difficult tasks worse in the presence of other people; it is believed because we are more aroused. It was suspected that this was because we feared being judged by others, but it holds even if the others present cannot see us.

Robert Zajonc is the one who theorized all of this, that is, made sense of the disparate findings about performing better or worse around other people.

I wonder if the arousal effects of exercise might differentiate in terms of easy versus difficult tasks.

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