tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91053893400000335802023-11-15T09:44:38.727-08:00My Gray MattersAl Babichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073240216190656121noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105389340000033580.post-80326431132419175142012-11-16T10:36:00.001-08:002014-03-23T13:33:29.052-07:00Book Recommendations<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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</span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation.
</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****Well written book by one
of the leaders in neuroscience. This book can get technical, but is written for
the lay reader.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom. </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Rick Hanson, Ph.D. and Richard Mendius, M.D.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****This book is a
non-denominational text by a neuropsychologist who has study meditation and
mindfulness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a very easy read
with exercises and the neuroscience behind the exercises.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Human Brain Book</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. Rita Carter<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****Excellent case studies
as well as facts and figures with exceptional pictures of the brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a must have reference as well as
great resource.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Inside the Brain: Revolutionary Discoveries of How the
Mind Works</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ronald Kotulak<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****This book is another easy
read with practical suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal
Triumph From the</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Frontiers of Brain Science</i>. Norman Doidge, M.D<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****Dr. Doidge writes each
chapter from a case study perspective and it reads like a novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal
Journey. Jill Bolte</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Taylor. Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">*****Dr. Bolte had a stroke
in her left hemisphere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She writes in
the first person during her experience of the stroke and her recovery from a
neuroscience perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from
a Leading</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Neuroscientist.</i> Andrew Newberg, M.D. and Mark Robert Waldman.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">*<span style="font-size: 14pt;">***The neuroscience of the
brain as it relates to faith is examined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The authors describe how the brain operates during prayer, mediation and
other exercise related to communing with God and impact it has on living.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Change Your
Brain Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program conquering Anxiety,
Depression, Obessiveness, Anger and Impulsiveness. </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Daniel G Amen, M.D.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****Dr. Amen uses brain scans
as biomarkers to diagnosis and discuss treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He uses actual scans as he describes fear,
intimacy, addiction etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Descartes’ Error:
Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain. Antonio R. Damasio, M.D., Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****Dr. Damasio is a
neuroscience researcher and is very detailed in his descriptions and
discoveries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He builds research evidence
for his theories that are well documented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is an interesting chapter about Phineas Gage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reading can be technical.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Brain. Bruce</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> McEwen and Harold M.
Schumeck, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****This book is published in
1994.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has excellent graphics. It is a
good resource, but may read like a text book.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Daniel Goleman. Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****This is one of the first
neuroscience texts with practical applications and written for the lay
person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an “oldie but goodie.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mapping the
Mind</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">. Rita Carter.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****Rita is a science writer
that discusses well known mental malaises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her book is brain based with excellent graphics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Neuropsychology of Grace: Awakening the Brain</span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charlotte A Tomaino, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">****Dr. Tamaino is a
neuropsychologist in practice and a former Maryknoll Nun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her clinical and research base along with the
graphics makes this for very good reading.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">*****Rick's writing style is for the novice as well as the astute neuroscience reader. The book illustrates his thesis in a very understandable manner with charts that compare and contrast his concepts. The last chapter provides lay and therapist alike with practical exercises that exemplify his treatise. </span></i></span> </span></span><br />
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</span>Al Babichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073240216190656121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105389340000033580.post-23344969515328465402012-06-29T10:27:00.000-07:002012-06-29T10:32:31.327-07:00<a href="http://www.rickhanson.net/">Rick Hanson</a> is a neuropsychologist who is the Director of Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Comtemplative Wisdom. He is well published and authored the books Buddha's Brain and Just One Thing.<br />
Dr. Hanson has an informative newsletter and conducts seminars throughout the United States. In my opionion his focus of "Mindfulness" and Neuroscience is wonderful contribution to wellness.Al Babichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073240216190656121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105389340000033580.post-85595424456805938952012-06-29T09:49:00.000-07:002012-06-29T10:57:58.761-07:00What’s On Your Mind: Or In Your Brain? (Click on Title)<div align="center">
<strong>by Al Babich</strong></div>
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How do we decide if we are using our Mind or our Brain?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Certainly, we wouldn’t have a Mind without a
Brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we know without the brain and
its functions we wouldn’t last very long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But maybe it is the distinction between the Brain and Mind or the
synergy of the two that provides our sustainability and quality of life.<br />
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We all enter this world with a brain that is designed to
protect us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The brain gets better at
protecting us with time and stimulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Have you ever notice seeing a water hose or twig on the ground and
jumped back quickly thinking it was a snake?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s the good ole brain in survival mode working even before we
identify the object as a water hose or twig.<br />
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Our brain is hard at work interpreting the environment
around us, which includes objects, people and conditions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The brain in its most primitive functions will
monitor whether you are threatened (will it eat you), is it food (can I eat it)
or am I attracted to it (can I mate with it).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The first two have to do with survival of the organism the last has to
do with the survival of the species.</div>
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If we only responded to the three brain imperatives above
our species wouldn’t have advanced too far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fortunately for us, natural selection favored individuals who were most
gregarious and able to work cooperatively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We evolved to cooperate and our species thrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our cooperation may have been the major
stimulus leading to the development of many different forms of communications. </div>
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Other qualities evolved from our cooperation such as
sympathy, empathy, integrity etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Cooperation evolved beyond satisfying basic needs to emotional bonding
and to what we call “humanity”.</div>
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There are many who are able to articulate the above better
than I, but my treatise is the synergy between the brain and mind to facilitate
the “humanness” in us all <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and
simultaneously provide individuals with a good quality of life.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That’s A Big Order</span></u></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The “Big Order” begins with neonatal care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Approximately between 6 and 9 months of
gestation the neural matter begins to specialize and migrate to the locations
in the brain where it will remain for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are circumstances where this specialization and migration is not
totally successful. For example a mother who consumes alcohol during this
period may deliver her baby with Infant Alcohol Syndrome (IAS).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The alcohol caused neural errors that impact
future development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
types of addiction or even medications that can influence the migration of
neurons during the last 6 to 9 months of gestation.</span><br />
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migrate and are ready to be stimulated or be “turned on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of the neural “turn on” is innate such
as breast feeding (although some infants need a little help to latch on to receive
momma’s milk).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The neural stimulation
develops neural networks necessary for survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the neural stimulation has time
limits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure you have read accounts
of children being deprived of human interaction in their early years, which
means the neural networks for speech are not ”turned on” at the appropriated
time in development. If they are rescued, those over 12 will not be able to
speak in sentences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I worked with a student who had emigrated from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was unable to make eye contact or initiate
or maintain a conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned
that he was raised in an orphanage where they housed the infants in play pens
stacked on each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was not
enough staff to provide human interaction or physical contact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When his neural networks for “bonding” with
humans were primed, they were not stimulated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We usually think the phrase “use it or lose it” is for the elderly, but
in developing human beings it is all too true for infants too.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In most settings, for our little ones who are under
neural and physical construction, as their faculties come on line they relish
environmental stimulation and activity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do you remember when you couldn’t wait to hear “Mommy or Daddy” come out
of their mouths and that’s when all kinds of verbalization began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s also when you are very careful what
words you use around them especially in a fit of anger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">I’m sure our children would walk in spite of us,
but we love to help the process along with training and practice complete with
pictures and videos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, did you notice
the walking seems to be a brief period and then its “running” every where.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s when your child learns his first
physics lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Two solid objects can
not occupy the same space at the same time.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just a note, with our son, we knew the emergency room nurse by her first
name and that’s nothi</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">ng t</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">o brag about. He was a runner.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>What About The
Mind ?</u></b></div>
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The more the brain is fully developed the more opportunities
it provides to the mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A substance abused
brain provides very few opportunities for the mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The addicted brain provides a very myopic
focus whether it is drug/alcohol, gambling, pornography etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A neural network has been established in the
reward system of the brain and has been trained for the acquisition of the
object of the addiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this
scenario the mind has fewer options for responding rationally to the
environment.</div>
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The mind comes in to play to choose alternatives to basic
brain satisfactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In development, the
parents provide a guiding structure to help the child involve his or her mind
development for its own self guidance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For instance, dad says, “John, you can only have two cookies then put
the bag a way.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John eats the two
cookies and finds them very good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
comes back later and eats the whole bag and then spends fifteen minutes in the
bathroom over the stool rediscovering why two cookies were enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When his friend Jimmy asks him if he wants to
eat a bag of cookies he bought, John may benefit from his previous experience
or may need to learn the lesson all over again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although the example above is very simple it’s a lesson we all review
even into adulthood. </div>
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The mind provides guidance sometimes contrary to our basic
instincts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We aren’t surprise when a
mother and father runs into a burning building to save their children, but what
about the incidents of total strangers doing the same?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why do couples adopt children when they have
children of their own?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Altruism is one
of the more human qualities of the mind.</div>
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The well-developed mind will choose altruistic activities
over self-gratification for external rewards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Those who spend hours serving at soup kitchens, homeless shelters,
cleaning the church, sitting with the sick while the spouse receives a respite
develop neural networks that reward us for behaving in caring ways that the
brain’s basic reward system can not relate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I would propose that a mind directing the brain puts us in touch with
what makes us HUMAN.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">There is no dichotomy between brain and mind when the
synergy between the two enhances our humanity and well being.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Al Babichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073240216190656121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105389340000033580.post-58774473088774882332012-02-20T15:37:00.000-08:002012-02-20T15:41:22.170-08:00Life's Messy: Train Your Brain To AdaptExcellent article that discusses wiring and rewiring the brain for adaptability. Margaret Moore is the co-founder of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital.<br />
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HTTP://bigthink.com/ideas/42522Al Babichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073240216190656121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105389340000033580.post-29523360452801337632011-10-02T13:40:00.000-07:002011-10-02T13:41:33.028-07:00Yawning Is Good For You And Not A Sign Of FatigueYawning is a biological reaction that <a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2011/09/30/yawning-may-help-the-brain-chill-out">cools the brain</a>.Al Babichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073240216190656121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105389340000033580.post-19530765133111769132011-10-02T13:34:00.000-07:002011-10-02T13:34:48.967-07:00Teenage BrainMore looks at the new attention given to the teenage brain. Here's the link to the article. <a href="http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-new-view-of-the-teenage-brain-adaptation-is-job-1-201110013505">http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-new-view-of-the-teenage-brain-adaptation-is-job-1-201110013505</a>Al Babichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073240216190656121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9105389340000033580.post-91316738884206014172011-09-14T13:11:00.001-07:002012-03-03T18:54:00.141-08:00Human Thought Can Voluntarily Control Neurons in BrainInterested in how to control a cursor with thoughts click on this <a href="http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-new-view-of-the-teenage-brain-adaptation-is-job-1-201110013505">link. </a>Al Babichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073240216190656121noreply@blogger.com0