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Thousands of new scientific articles are published, daily. However, overcomplicated findings and technical jargon can limit the ability to understand even the basics of a paper. In Science from the Source, we attempt to demystify research findings by speaking directly to the study authors; thereby,…

Jeremiah Peiffer


    • Sep 30, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 31 EPISODES


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    EP#25: HIV and cognitive decline - Sarah Seddon DPsych

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 48:44


    In this episode, we discuss HIV and the impact that the disease and drug therapy may have on cognition as I speak with Sarah Seddon, a Doctor of Psychology Candidate in the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education at Murdoch University. Sarah discusses her thesis; MATCH Study: Memory, Ageing, and Cognition in HIV.

    EP#25: HIV and cognitive decline - Sarah Seddon DPsych

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 48:44


    In this episode, we discuss HIV and the impact that the disease and drug therapy may have on cognition as I speak with Sarah Seddon, a Doctor of Psychology Candidate in the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education at Murdoch University. Sarah discusses her thesis; MATCH Study: Memory, Ageing, and Cognition in HIV.

    EP#24: Do cold hands make for faster athletes? Tessa Maroni PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 48:21


    In this episode, I speak with Tessa Maroni who is a PhD candidate in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Western Australia. Tessa discusses the impact of the heat on athletic performance and whether hand cooling could be a viable method to help athletes perform in hot conditions. She then outlines her article: Hand and torso pre-cooling does not enhance subsequent high-intensity cycling or cognitive performance in heat, which was published in 2019 in the journal Temperature.

    EP#24: Do cold hands make for faster athletes? Tessa Maroni PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 48:21


    In this episode, I speak with Tessa Maroni who is a PhD candidate in the School of Human Sciences at the University of Western Australia. Tessa discusses the impact of the heat on athletic performance and whether hand cooling could be a viable method to help athletes perform in hot conditions. She then outlines her article: Hand and torso pre-cooling does not enhance subsequent high-intensity cycling or cognitive performance in heat, which was published in 2019 in the journal Temperature.

    EP#23: Velocity based resistance training - Liam Hughes PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 40:48


    In today’s episode we discuss how to make your weight lifting session more effective as I speak with Liam Hughes, a PhD candidate in the Discipline of Exercise Science in the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education at Murdoch University. Liam discusses the need to monitor fatigue in resistance training and then he outlines his most recent paper; Using Load-Velocity Relationships to Quantify Training Induced Fatigue. Published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research in 2019. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002550

    EP#23: Velocity based resistance training - Liam Hughes PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 40:48


    In today’s episode we discuss how to make your weight lifting session more effective as I speak with Liam Hughes, a PhD candidate in the Discipline of Exercise Science in the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education at Murdoch University. Liam discusses the need to monitor fatigue in resistance training and then he outlines his most recent paper; Using Load-Velocity Relationships to Quantify Training Induced Fatigue. Published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research in 2019. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000002550

    EP#22: Cardiac response to prolonged cycling in non-professional cyclists - Dr. Daniel Wundersitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 44:33


    In today's episode, I speak with Dr. Daniel Wundersitz who is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Latrobe University in Bendigo Australia. Daniel discusses wearable technologies, machine learning and then outlines his 2019 article; The impact of a 21-day ultra-endurance ride on the heart in young, adult and older adult recreational cyclists, published in the International Journal of Cardiology.

    EP#22: Cardiac response to prolonged cycling in non-professional cyclists - Dr. Daniel Wundersitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 44:33


    In today's episode, I speak with Dr. Daniel Wundersitz who is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Latrobe University in Bendigo Australia. Daniel discusses wearable technologies, machine learning and then outlines his 2019 article; The impact of a 21-day ultra-endurance ride on the heart in young, adult and older adult recreational cyclists, published in the International Journal of Cardiology.

    Episode#21: Prostate Cancer and the Benefits of Exercise - Dr. Brad Wall

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2019 46:37


    In today's episode, we discuss the role that exercise can play for men after androgen deprivation therapy treatment for prostate cancer as I speak with Dr. Brad Wall who is a Lecturer in Exercise Science in the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education at Murdoch University. Brad talks about the beneficial effects that aerobic and resistance exercise can have before, during and after treatment and then outlines his 2017 paper: Exercise improves VO2max and Body composition in androgen deprivation therapy-treated prostate cancer patients, published in Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001277.

    Episode#21: Prostate Cancer and the Benefits of Exercise - Dr. Brad Wall

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2019 46:37


    In today's episode, we discuss the role that exercise can play for men after androgen deprivation therapy treatment for prostate cancer as I speak with Dr. Brad Wall who is a Lecturer in Exercise Science in the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education at Murdoch University. Brad talks about the beneficial effects that aerobic and resistance exercise can have before, during and after treatment and then outlines his 2017 paper: Exercise improves VO2max and Body composition in androgen deprivation therapy-treated prostate cancer patients, published in Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001277.

    Episode#20: Restrict for gain: Blood flow restriction in older adults - Dr. Brendan Scott

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2019 51:13


    In today's episode, we discuss the role that blood flow restriction has within resistances training as I speak with Dr. Brendan Scott who is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Science in the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education at Murdoch University. Brendan talks about how blood flow restriction is used in research and clinical practice and then outlines finding from his 2018 Frontiers Physiology paper: "Hemodynamic Responses to Low-Load Blood Flow Restriction and Unrestricted High-Load Resistance Exercise in Older Women."

    Episode#20: Restrict for gain: Blood flow restriction in older adults - Dr. Brendan Scott

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2019 51:13


    In today's episode, we discuss the role that blood flow restriction has within resistances training as I speak with Dr. Brendan Scott who is a Senior Lecturer in Exercise Science in the College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education at Murdoch University. Brendan talks about how blood flow restriction is used in research and clinical practice and then outlines finding from his 2018 Frontiers Physiology paper: "Hemodynamic Responses to Low-Load Blood Flow Restriction and Unrestricted High-Load Resistance Exercise in Older Women."

    Episode#19: Work hard for brain health: High-intensity exercise and cognition - Dr. Belinda Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 43:10


    In the episode, we discuss why high-intensity exercise may be an important factor in maintaining brain health and combating dementia as I speak with Dr. Belinda Brown who holds a NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship and is an academic at Murdoch University. Belinda discusses her research into the influence of high-intensity exercise on brain health, and then give some insight into where she believes this field of research will be in the next few years.

    Episode#18: Getting old but staying fast. Recovery and the Masters Athlete - Dr Nattai Borges and Dr. Tom Doering

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 51:41


    In this episode, I speak with Dr Nattai Borges of Newcastle University and Dr Tom Doering of Bond University about the influence of training in Masters Athletes and why recovery is so important. Nattai outlines findings from his paper: Age-related changes in physical and perceptual markers of recovery following high-intensity interval cycle exercise which was published in Experimental Ageing and Research (2017; 10.1080/0361073X.2018.1477361), while Tom discusses his paper: Lower Integrated Muscle Protein Synthesis in Masters Compared with Younger Athletes, which was published in 2016 in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000935).

    Episode#17: "My mind is the key that sets me free" Magic and sport - Dr. Paolo Menaspà

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 48:11


    In today’s episode, we discuss cycling, elite athletes and magic as I speak with Paolo Menaspà who is an early career researcher and currently the Head of Performance Solutions with Cycling Australia. Paolo discusses his thesis titled: analysis of road sprint cycling performance. And then we talk about the role that magic has within professional sport and how elite sport and the performing arts should look to one another for ways to improve performance.

    Episode#16: Avoiding injury in adolescent cricket pace bowlers- Mitch Forrest PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2018 45:46


    In today's episode, we discuss how an easily implemented exercise program could be used to avoid injury in adolescent pace bowlers as I speak with Mitch Forrest who is a Ph.D. candidate in the Murdoch Applied Sports Science Laboratory group within the School of Psychology and Exercise Science at Murdoch University. In this interview, Mitch outlines his Ph.D.: Exercise-based injury prevention for adolescent cricket pace bowlers and then talks about his article: Injury prevention strategies for adolescent cricket pace bowlers, that has just been published in Sports Medicine.https://goo.gl/B1CnHZ

    Episode#15: Parkinson's Disease and transcranial magnetic stimulation - Brittany Rurak PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2018 44:32


    In today’s episode, we talk neuroscience, Parkinson’s Disease, and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as I speak with Brittany Rurak who is a Ph.D. candidate in the Action and Cognition Group within the School of Psychology and Exercise Science at Murdoch University. In this interview, Brittany discusses her Ph.D. “Characterising associations between cortico-cortical connectivity and tremor in Parkinson’s disease.” And then she outlines her recent findings from her paper Test-Retest Reliability of Cortico-Cortical Connectivity in Younger and Older Adults which she will be presenting at the Western Australia Neuroscience conference in November.

    Episode#14: Understanding cold water immersion and recovery - Dr. Jessica Stephens

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2018 44:01


    In this episode, we discuss the impact of timing, duration, temperature and body size for the most effective cold water immersion strategies following exercise, as I speak with Dr. Jessica Stephens who is an Early Career Researcher and Sports Scientist at the ACT Academy of Sport. Jessica walks us through her paper titled: Core Temperature Responses to Cold-Water Immersion Recovery: A Pooled-Data Analysis which has been published in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. Volume:13 Issue: 7 Pages:917-925 doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2017-0661

    Episode#13: Periodising carbohydrate intake: train high, sleep low - Dr. Laurie-Anne Marquet

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2018 41:22


    In today’s episode, we talk carbohydrates. Specifically we discuss the concept of train-high sleep-low as I speak with Early Career Researcher Dr. Laurie-Anne Marquet who is a Research Fellow at Marseille University. Laurie-Anne outlines her finding from her study; "Enhanced Endurance Performance by Periodization of CHO Intake: “Sleep Low” Strategy", which was published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2016 Apr;48(4):663-72. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000823.

    Episode#12: Position, aerodynamics and sprint speed - Paul Merkes PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2018 41:36


    In today's episode, we discuss how changing your position in a sprint finish could give you three kilometers an hour more speed as I speak with Paul Merkes, a Ph.D. candidate at Edith Cowan University about his recent paper titled: Aerodynamic drag of a novel sprint position adopted to improve cycling velocity.

    Episode#11: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Inflammation - Linda Wijaya PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 40:17


    In today's episode, we talk about chronic pain and the role that inflammation may play in this process as I speak with Linda Wijaya who is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Psychology and Exercise Science and the School of Veterinary and Life Sciences at Murdoch University. Linda outlines her pathway to a Ph.D. and her abstract titled: Inflammation and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: The Role of Alpha1-Andrenoceptors.

    Episode#10: Technology, Adherence and Physical Activity - Katie-Jane Brickwood PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2018 46:08


    In today's episode, we explore the use of wearable technology on adherence to physical activity as I speak with Katie-Jane Brickwood who is a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Health and Medicine at the University of Tasmania. Katie-Jane discusses her recent paper; "The effect of ongoing feedback on physical activity levels following an exercise intervention in older adults: a randomised controlled trial protocol".

    Episode#9: Glucose control and exercise - Shaun Teo PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2018 40:43


    In today's episode, I speak with Shaun Teo who is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Psychology and Exercise Science at Murdoch University. Shaun walks us through his Ph.D. and most recent study which examined the impact of morning versus night exercise on blood glucose control.

    Episode#8: Sleep, brain waves and memory - Michael Barham PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2018 43:14


    In this episode, I speak with Michael Barham who is a PhD candidate in the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit within the School of Psychology at Deakin University. We explore the impact of sleep on the storage of memories and how transcranial electrical stimulation may impact the consolidation of memories.

    Episode#7: Baby Brain - Sasha Davies PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2018 44:11


    In this episode, I speak with Sasha Davies who is a Ph.D. candidate in the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit at the School of Psychology at Deakin University about her recent article “Cognitive impairment during pregnancy: a meta-analysis” published in The Medical Journal of Australia.

    Episode#6: The Science of Pole Dancing - Joanna Nicholas PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2018 41:58


    In this episode, I speak with Joanna Nicholas who is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Human Sciences at the University of Western Australia about preliminary data from her study titled: The physiological and metabolic demand of a standardized 60 minute pole dancing class, which she will be presenting at the European College of Sports Sciences in July.

    Episode#5: Pacing and Cyclo-cross - Arthur Bossi PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2018 45:39


    In this episode, I speak with Arthur Bossi who is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kent about his recent publication in the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance titled: Pacing strategy and tactical positioning during cyclo-cross races.

    Episode#4: Hypoxic exposure, energy, and health - Liam Hobbins PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2018 43:39


    In this episode, I speak with PhD candidate Liam Hobbins from London South Bank University about his most recent work examining the psychological and physiological impact of intermittent hypoxic exposure in an obese population.

    Episode#3: Exercise, time of day, and blood clotting - Emma Zadow PhDc

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2018 35:23


    In this episode, I speak with Emma Zadow who has just completed her PhD at the University of Tasmania, Launceston. Emma will discuss what impact time of day and exercise intensity has on the risk of blood clots.

    Episode #2: Nicole Gordon PhDc - The influence of sequential single leg cycling on cardiovascular disease risk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2018 39:23


    In the episode, I speak with Nicole Gordon who is a PhD candidate at Murdoch University, Western Australia. Nicole will discuss how using single-leg cycling may help against the development of cardiovascular disease.

    Episode#1: Kieran Marston PhDc - Resistance training and brain health

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2018 34:55


    In this episode, we speak with Mr. Kieran Marston who is a PhD candidate at Murdoch University, Western Australia. We discuss Kieran's most recent study title "12 weeks of intensive resistance training may improve cognitive performance in older adults".

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