Fitbits, the local San Francisco company
這是舊金山當地的一家公司
their nice accelerometer
生產的檢測儀
If you look at those types of monitors
大家可以看看這類檢測儀
they are 3-dimentional accelerometers
是一種三維檢測儀
so they are getting the speed of...
測量你的速度...
thank you, there is one
謝謝 那邊就有人戴了一個
They are getting the speed of your movement
這個儀器檢測你的運動速度
as well as whether you are going uphill or downhill
比如你的上山和下山的速度
So they are very good for daytime activity monitoring
所以非常便于對白天的運動進行測量
much more valid than a pedometer
和步程儀很相似
But pedometer, if you use the pedometer
但步程儀顯示的是
it tells you how many steps you are taking
你走了多少步
and you can self-monitor
你也可以自己監測
The question is about designing an intervention
她的問題是能不能設計一些干預手段
using meditation, slowing down your breathing
如冥想 降低呼吸頻率
slowing down your heart rate and help with sleep
放緩心跳速度 從而達到幫助睡眠的作用
It didn't come up in our work
我們沒有嘗試過
We ask women what kinds of physical activity they did
我們詢問這些婦女從事了哪些體育活動
A lot of them, as you can imagine in the Bay Area
大家可以想到 在灣區
did yoga as a form of physical activity
很多人都參加了瑜伽運動
They didn't really talk about it too much
她們沒有多講
but there have been a few studies
但有一些關于這方面的研究
One very old study of paced breathing
有一個比較早的研究
that helped menopausal symptoms
發現節奏性呼吸對緩解更年期癥狀有幫助
Then some are really picking up on yoga breathing
有的實施瑜伽呼吸
to help decrease arousal
是為了降低大腦的興奮度
Estrogen is an interesting hormone
雌激素是一種有趣的激素
It's Greek for " to make frenzy"
在希臘語中的意思是"讓人瘋狂"
Do you know that
你們知道嗎
So when you go in through menopause
所以當你進入更年期
and estrogen fluctuates
雌激素水平開始波動時
it can be problematic probably
那么副交感神經和交感神經
in terms of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system
都可能會出現一些問題
So I would think it has probably some really important link
所以我認為它們之間存在一些重大的聯系
Metabolically, you could test it, sure
你可以測試代謝水平
The problem with that is
但問題在于
whatever we try to do during the day to help is gonna help
你白天做的努力的確有幫助
but it doesn't mean it's gonna help
但這并不意味著
once you go to bed or go to sleep
你上床后能夠很快的睡著
it's a different part of your brain that's working
因為掌管這兩方面的是大腦的不同部位
and you can't really control it
而你對此無法控制
But as much as you can do to relax and downshift
但如果你能夠放松 放慢節奏