Last week I attended a coaching conference where Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, UCLA Professor of Psychiatry and author of You Are Not Your Brain, spoke about his research findings on neuro-plasticity.
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Whether you realize it or not, your brain requires a calm before its storm.
It's a time for using your brain not beating your chest.
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If your brain is not functioning properly, and a drug can make it work better, then it makes sense to take the pill.
The reason for this effect, suggested by research team lead, Dr. Michel Tuan Pham, is that in a relaxed environment your brain does not perceive a threat.
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Blame your brain, not the cosmos, for the meteorite nightmares.
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However, if your brain has not been addled by the mulled wine of this festive season then you will also enjoy the gentle humour of sharp word play along with the mocking of convoluted costume drama dialogue and the associated plot coincidences.
I'm going to side with that logical part of your brain and advise you not to panic.
If all this has messed with your brain, you're not the only ones.
Your brain will reward you by not adding unwanted layers to your waistline.
It would appear that being hit with a lead pipe is not the only way the metal can damage your brain.
But continuing to communicate with colleagues after hours not only creates stress, but it prevents your brain from relaxing and recouping from a long work day in preparation for the next.
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When it comes to diet, trying to trick your brain into accepting fake offerings is not a good idea.
It's wired to remember negative moments most keenly, which is your brain's way of teaching you not to do something potentially harmful again.
In addition, you were not taking in enough calories to fuel your workouts and your brain properly, which is why you experienced headaches and fatigue.
So why not put the Nintendo brain trainer away tonight, and eat your way to intelligence instead?
Be clear that you are doing the latter not for the sake of a photo op but for the sake of your brain and your capacity to lead.
At the risk of oversimplifying things (which, by nature, I do not mind doing), I will tell you that I am the part of your brain which deals most directly with the production and processing of fear.
It wants to be the brain in your washing machine, your microwave and your car, not to mention the giant server farms dotted around the planet that will power cloud computing as more of our day-to-day work gets stored online.
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Though the clear water might trick your brain into thinking you're in a sterile pool, you are not.
Your brain has already stored a model of your environment, so you might not notice something unusual right next to you.
"You keep getting on elevators and nothing bad happens, so your emotional brain decides that even though something horrible happened, the risk is not high for you, " he says.
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Therefore, it should not be surprising that the zombie brain would look and function differently than the gray matter contained in your skull.
The scientific premise behind our approach is that your brain, in an attempt to be efficient, can learn to act in ways that are not helpful to you.
And not just letting yourself get absorbed by a good book on a regular basis, but reading with one part of your brain watching what the writer is doing and how you are reacting to it.
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