There is evidence that the impulse to dance may have existed already in early primates before they evolved into humans
Thomas R. Verny, MD is a clinical psychiatrist, academic, award-winning author, public speaker, poet and podcaster. He is the author of eight books, including the global bestsellerSeveral years ago, my wife and I visited the former monastery of the whirling dervishes in Konya, Turkey, now converted into a museum and a shrine to Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet.
Prof. Hattori played a repetitive piano note attempting to teach a chimpanzee in her lab to keep a beat. The chimp would try to tap out the rhythm on a small electronic keyboard in hopes of receiving a reward. This went as planned. However, to everyone’s surprise, in the next room, another chimpanzee heard the beat and began to sway his body back and forth, almost as if he were dancing. “I was shocked,” Prof. Hattori says.
I ask her if she likes to dance when at parties. “I am the first one on the floor. You can’t hold me back.” Her enthusiasm is palpable and infectious, and I am sure informs the long line of successful musicals she has directed. According to Prof. Gerlinde A.S. Metz, department of neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, who I conferred with recently, brain-derived neurotrophic factor is crucial for the survival and development of neurons, acts as a modulator of neurotransmitters and is vital for learning, memory, movements and dance.
Dr. Joe Verghese from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, N.Y., was the lead researcher of a study that examined how various leisure activities affect the risk of dementia in older adults. His group analyzed the effects of 11 different physical activities, such as cycling, golf, swimming and tennis.
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