missK
10-27-2008, 07:14 PM
I thought this was a cool article...
The Language Playing Field
To improve your communication abilities, try taking up hockey
When a hockey player hits the ice, practicing his skills until they are second nature, he's probably not aware that he's also improving his language cognition aptitude. Experience doing an activity, such as playing hockey, may allow the brain to recruit areas that are usually devoted to skilled action to the task of comprehending speech, particularly when the words relate to the activity in question. And the phenomenon holds not only for players, but also for fans who have experience watching the sport but none playing it.
AmericanScientist.org (http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2008/6/the-language-playing-field)
The Language Playing Field
To improve your communication abilities, try taking up hockey
When a hockey player hits the ice, practicing his skills until they are second nature, he's probably not aware that he's also improving his language cognition aptitude. Experience doing an activity, such as playing hockey, may allow the brain to recruit areas that are usually devoted to skilled action to the task of comprehending speech, particularly when the words relate to the activity in question. And the phenomenon holds not only for players, but also for fans who have experience watching the sport but none playing it.
AmericanScientist.org (http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2008/6/the-language-playing-field)