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Chronobiology International
The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research
Volume 33, 2016 - Issue 4
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Can Lionel Messi’s brain slow down time passing?

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Pages 462-463 | Published online: 24 Mar 2016
 

ABSTRACT

It seems that seeing others in slow-motion by heroes does not belong only to movies. When Lionel Messi plays football, you can hardly see anything from him that other players cannot do. Then why he is not stoppable really? It seems the answer may be that opponents do not have enough time to do what they want; because in Messi’s neural system, time passes slower. In differential equations that model a single neuron, this speed can be generated by multiplying an equal term in all equations. Or maybe interactions between neurons and the structure of neural networks play this role.

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. Paul Forscher and Dr. Lars M. Rimol for their comments on our question in ResearchGate which we have used to enrich this letter. Also, many thanks to Dr. Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemi Golpayegani, who has been a source of inspiration.

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