I really liked what Chad Estes said about:
By perceiving finer and finer differences in movement, you are actually increasing the number of dendrites branching out from your brain cells. These are the very parts of the neuron that tend to deteriorate with age (dendrites are the bushy projections through which a neuron receives signals from other neurons).
It has become a universal truth that the better connected a brain is, the better it will function – period.
And as Dr. Michel Merzenich, a pioneer in brain plasticity research states:
“Movement is inextricably controlled on the basis of ‘feedback’ from our bodies and brains, and movement control is guided very directly by the cognitive resources that guide all of our behaviors. They are weaker or stronger, enabled or disabled TOGETHER. Neurological processes that control the flow of cognition and thought are not really different from those that control the flow of movement — and in fact are complexly, inextricably inter-twined!”
With that being said, you can see how refining your movements to higher and higher levels of quality will enable you to refine your cognitive abilities as well!
You’ll actually become smarter!
Experience changes your brain structure.
Through your focused, directed attention to your movement experiences, you create richer and more complicated brain circuits.
