Playing Sports Can Tune The Brain to Pick Up External Sounds Better
(WorldNews Health)

New research finds that college athletes have an enhanced ability to filter out background electrical “noise� in the brain to better process external sounds. Northwestern University investigators say their findings hold for football, soccer and hockey. “No one would argue against the fact that sports lead to better physically fitness, but we don’t always think of brain fitness and sports,� said senior author Dr. Nina Kraus. “We’re saying that playing...