Tabletennis brain teaser: Playing against robots makes our brains work harder SfNJournals
and motor tasks, like walking and running. He was looking to upgrade to studying complex, fast-paced action when Studnicki, with her tennis background, joined the research group. So the lab decided tennis was the perfect sport to address these questions with. But the oversized movements—especially high overhand serves—proved an obstacle to the burgeoning tech.
With all these electrodes scanning the brain activity of players, Studnicki and Ferris were able to tune into the brain region that turns sensory information into movement. This area is known as the parieto-occipital cortex. "If we have 100,000 people in a football stadium and they're all cheering together, that's like synchronization in the brain, which is a sign the brain is relaxed" Ferris said."If we have those same 100,000 people but they're all talking to their friends, they're busy but they're not in sync. In a lot of cases, that desynchronization is an indication that the brain is doing a lot of calculations as opposed to sitting and idling.
A research participant plays against a ball-serving machine while his brain is imaged with an EEG cap. The research revealed that our brains respond differently when playing against human or machine opponents in sports. Credit: Frazier Springfield
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