Exercise Makes You Crave Money Less

sweatscience.runnersworld.com 15 Oct '12, 12am

Exercise Makes You Crave Money Less

A neat study just published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise looks at the effect of aerobic exercise on the brain's reward system, using the chance of earning money as a reward. Researchers in Berlin had volunteers do either 30 minutes of treadmill exercise at 60-70% of VO2max, or 30 minutes of "placebo exercise" (light stretching, etc.). An hour later, they were put in a brain scanner and played a "monetary incentive delay" game, when they had to press buttons as quickly as possible in order to gain or avoid losing 1 euro at a time. Can you feel your dopamine levels spiking? (Credit: IvanWalsh.com) The main result is that, after aerobic exercise, the subjects had less activation of their reward systems in response to the prospect of gaining a euro. This result has been previously seen with other types of rewards like drugs and food, and probably relates to dopam...

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@jdrhodes » 05 Nov '12, 4am
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@AnytimeFitness » 28 Oct '12, 6pm
Fact or Fiction: Exercise Makes You Crave Money Less. [link]
@TeamMPI » 26 Oct '12, 9pm
'Exercise Makes You Crave Money Less.' So get your workout in...before you hit the mall! [link]
@BrainfitforLife » 24 Oct '12, 10pm
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@ProyectoICLife » 24 Oct '12, 11am
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@AnytimeFitness » 23 Oct '12, 2pm
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@BrandenNall » 23 Oct '12, 12pm
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@AFMarathon » 19 Oct '12, 12pm
Fun Fact for the Day: RT @sweatscience: Exercise makes you crave money less. (Temporarily, at least!) [link]
@DrJulieGill » 16 Oct '12, 12pm
Interesting study reviewed. Exercise, dopamine and craving money: [link]
@Styrkelabbet » 16 Oct '12, 6am
RT @alexdanielsson: Ny forskning: Träning gör att vi suktar mindre efter pengar. [link]
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Ny forskning: Träning gör att vi suktar mindre efter pengar. [link]
@leslie_Scott » 16 Oct '12, 4am
So maybe this can be my inspiration to pump hard at the gym? Article: Exercise Makes You Crave Money Less [link]
@MichelleCRuns » 15 Oct '12, 8pm
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@BinaryLibrarian » 15 Oct '12, 11am
Explains why I gave up a permanent full time job to spend more time running - Exercise reduces desire for money [link]
@ErikMVermeulen » 15 Oct '12, 11am
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@JonathanGledson » 15 Oct '12, 9am
Proof that exercise makes you less of an arsehole! Sweat Science: [link] via @RunnersWorld
@Valebrokk » 15 Oct '12, 7am
RT @gudmundh: OK, OK - da skjønner jeg treningssidene i Dagens Næringsliv: Exercise Makes You Crave Money Less [link]
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Science! [link]
@alexmyers83 » 15 Oct '12, 2am
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@krystynag47 » 15 Oct '12, 1am
Is this why I am so poor and don't really care? (and why parents etc are rich but miserable) [link]
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@RyanABragg » 15 Oct '12, 12am
RT @DrVondaWright: RT @sweatscience: Exercise makes you crave money less. (Temporarily, at least!) [link] Always love to read your stuff Alex!
@DrVondaWright » 15 Oct '12, 12am
RT @sweatscience: Exercise makes you crave money less. (Temporarily, at least!) [link] Always love to read your stuff Alex!
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