TIL there's a growing body of literature showing that your performance in a range of cognitive and motor tasks seems to improve when immersed chest-deep in water e.g.http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202284 …
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Replying to @DrGBuckingham
Haven't clicked through to the research but is it related to the mammalian diving response? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23997188
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Replying to @o_guest
Dunno - I've not really read beyond an abstract or two - pretty counter-intuitive seeming!
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Replying to @DrGBuckingham
I skimmed the intro and discussion and I don't see it mentioned... Weird because it seems to be a likely mechanism from my ignorant perspective...?
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Replying to @DrGBuckingham
If only I had the time! 
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