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The problem is that there are some really fundamental differences between rats and humans in terms of metabolism. (E.g. things as different as that they have a
by WilliamLP 17y ago
The problem is that there are some really fundamental differences between rats and humans in terms of metabolism. (E.g. things as different as that they have a type of muscle fibre, type IIb, that we do not have at all.)
You just can't take studies on rats like this and assume that they have any relevance to humans. There are many many known metabolic effects that work on rats but not on people.
- tokenadult 17y agoIn human subjects, I would wonder if exercise outdoors in sunlight is more efficacious for reducing anxiety and stabilizing mood than exercise with indoor lighting. I also wonder if exercising with a friend is better than exercising alone for Homo sapiens. All I've got on this issue from personal experience are anecdotes, http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html but I would be interested to see if there are human-specific effects that wouldn't generalize back to other animals.