Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Formula 1 drivers of the brain and its secrets

A good F1 driver has to have talent, coolness, a well trained, but most of all ... the brain! And 'what emerges from a study of Giulio Bernardi, medical student in the OPS of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Pisa, in collaboration with the Department of Internal Medicine and dell'Aoup Formula Medicine Viareggio.

Apparently, the special training conducted by the pilots to be more polished and responsive in the different race conditions cause changes in brain compared to ordinary people, not accustomed to the practice of this motorsport. In practice, analyzing the information processing in the brain of visuo-motor drivers and motorists in the municipalities, has been highlighted a different functional connectivity between different brain regions.

The study underwent magnetic resonance pilots Forumula 1 and was asked to respond to specific tasks of visual-motor integration. ''We simulated a grid - said Pietrini - and in the presence of red light the pilots had to repeatedly push a button. This 'stands out and' how to pilot training to produce results very different from those of normal subjects.

Thus, for the first time and 'we could measure how different groups of neurons talking to each other. " The training of pilots, their custom, high performance plastic has an effect on the brain, modifies it in some way and this shows that their training can be very useful in case of rehabilitation therapies resulting from brain damage.

In short, to become a successful pilot must train the mind, which also has key role in this sport. On the other hand the triumphs of drivers like Schumacher and Prost, called the "Professor", has not been a case.

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