Why Pheidippides could not believe in the ‘Central Governor Model’: Popper's philosophy applied to choose between two exercise physiology theories

An important epistemological problem has been faced by Exercise Physiologists. On one hand, one theory explains the fatigue through a ceiling effect of oxygen uptake. On the other hand, the new theory proposes that an encephalon mechanism would stop the effort before a catastrophic homeostasis failu...

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Main Author: Fernando A.M.S. Pompeu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2022-03-01
Series:Sports Medicine and Health Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666337621000627