Learn a New Skill
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
BBC
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2021
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
From easing your nerves to improving concentration, in this episode Michael explores the hidden brain benefits of taking up a new hobby. He finds out why learning a new skill is one of the best things you can do for mental agility and speaks to Professor Alan Gow at Heriot-Watt University to discover the best - and most fun - ways to keep your brain active, and how taking on a new challenge could help build new connections in your brain, whatever your age!
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds. |
| 0:02.0 | Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers. |
| 0:06.0 | But you sit down and be bright. |
| 0:08.0 | Celebrating women's voices. |
| 0:10.0 | You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn. |
| 0:14.8 | This is juicy. No limits, no limits. |
| 0:17.2 | Celebrating women. |
| 0:18.8 | Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out |
| 0:24.4 | where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself. |
| 0:28.8 | Lesson on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.0 | BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:42.0 | Terry, can you keep still? I'm trying to draw you. We'd all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, |
| 0:47.0 | but we're bombarded with often conflicting advice. |
| 0:51.0 | So, if you were going to do just one thing to improve your mental and |
| 0:55.2 | physical well-being, what should it be? Maybe a few squats to enhance your |
| 0:59.8 | brain. Or more bacteria to improve your mood or even a cold shower to boost your immune system. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode will explore one thing you can start doing tomorrow |
| 1:17.8 | To improve your health or life in ways you might not expect. |
| 1:30.0 | That's it. Now, yes, still. Last year during the first lockdown, many of us decided to pick up new hobbies, like drawing |
| 1:35.7 | knitting or making sourdough bread. |
| 1:38.2 | If you did, then you will be delighted to know that there are benefits to learning something |
| 1:42.2 | new that go beyond simply stave off. that there is |
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