Why we don't move: The importance of somatic maintenance and resting

Joshua M. Schrock

doi:10.1017/S0140525X21000248

Why we don't move: The importance of somatic maintenance and resting

Joshua M. Schrock^*

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ISGMH - Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing

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Abstract

A compelling ecological theory of movement and vigor must explain why humans and other animals spend so much time not moving. When we rest, our somatic maintenance systems continue to work. When our somatic maintenance requirements increase, we place greater subjective value on resting. To explain variation in movement and vigor, we must account for the subjective value of resting.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e132
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X21000248
State	Published - Sep 30 2021

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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