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Figure Skating

Posted on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018

Why do figure skaters lean back & still don’t fall?

Why can people lean backwards like that and not fall over?  It turns out practice builds new neural maps in the cerebellum.  The map fires neurons to cancel out normal reflex signals.   Something similar goes on when they spin.  Spin around on a chair, stop suddenly and try to get up.  There’s fluid in … Continue reading Why do figure skaters lean back & still don’t fall?

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Om Malik is a a San Francisco-based writer, photographer, and investor. He has spent three decades in the trenches of Silicon Valley as a journalist, entrepreneur, and, more recently, as a venture capitalist. He has been writing about the commercial Internet since its birth. Read more

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