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According to neurobiologist Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Inserm’s research director and attention specialist, high-level athletes have unparalleled intellectual abilities. Decoding:
Head and feet. Neurons and muscles. For a long time, we separated intellectual and physical abilities. All lies! Jean-Philippe Lachaux shows in his new book. In the minds of champions*, the unparalleled brain of athletes.
Centralization and automation
The first superpower of a champion is the ability to “focus”. “This hyper-concentration is the tennis player on his ball. ultrarail athlete Julien Chaurier, who is focused enough on his race not to be distracted by competitors; of pianist Frank Brailey, who plays every note “like a neutron star,” says Jean-Philippe Lachaux. This first level, mobilized in the posterior part of the prefrontal cortex, is accompanied by a global vision of the whole. You must have an idea of the whole game of chess, art or sport in mind, the sequence of steps that will lead to victory. This double level of concentration is one of the strengths…
Source: Le Figaro
