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The Enchanted LoomTeasing sturdy threads from
neuroscience masterworks
Teasing 10 threads fromSharon Begley’s…
Thread 1:
Neuroplasticity … raises the possibility that we can train ourselves to be kinder, more compassionate, less defensive, less self- centered, less aggressive, less war-like.(pg. 25)
Thread 2:
“Use dependent cortical reorganization” began a revolution in our understanding of the brain and its essential capacity for change – its neuro- plasticity.(pg. 48)
Thread 3:
New neurons are born in the brain well into the eighth decade. They weave them- selves into existing brain circuitry and perhaps form the basis of new circuitry.(pg. 65 )
Thread 4:
Mental training can mute afflictive emotions like jealousy, anger, greed, envy and hatred - emotions not conducive to our collective well-being.
(pg. 222 )
Thread 5:
Physical activity alone, unless it is forced, can generate new brain cells.
(pg. 66-68 )
Thread 6:
The better connected a brain is, the better it is, period, enabling the mind to connect new facts with old, easily retrieve memories, even see links among disparate facts, the very found- ation for creativity.(pg. 69 )
Thread 7:
The main job of the orbitofrontal cortex seems to be to notice when something is amiss. It is the brain’s error detector, its neurological spell-checker.
(pg. 138 )
Thread 8:
Attention pumps up neuronal activity. Attention is real in the sense that it takes a physical form capable of affect- ing the physical activity of the brain. Paying attention makes a huge difference.(pg. 158)
Thread 9:
Attention works like a gate, to open and let more information in. You can touch attention. It has an anatomy, a physiology, and a chemistry.(pg. 160)
Thread 10:
The single best predictor of the growth of a baby is to ask the mother, “Did you want this child?”
(pg. 178)
Thread 11:
People who feel there is someone they can turn to in time of need, are not only better able to perceive when someone is in distress, but are also more will- ing to respond to suffering. (pg. 185)
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Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans
Slide 3 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnvanbeers/16366508855
Slide 12 - http://ideas.time.com/tag/unwanted-children/
Slide 2 - http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116915058061980596
Slide 6 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Jealousy-Disease-348507807
Slide 5 - http://bit.ly/1PMBRF8
Slide 11 - http://www.rededgeimages.com/view/6182921549/arched-gate-in-stone-wall
Slide 10 - https://psychologyisgrowth.wordpress.com/tag/self-esteem/
Slide 13 - http://www.sheknows.com/home-and-gardening/articles/1005195/
Slide 9 - http://mediatechparenting.net/2014/04/19/spell-check-your-spell-checker/
Slide 8 - http://bit.ly/1Hn0m7i
Slide 7 - http://letsrestycle.com/the-extreme-sportsvogue-japan-march-2013/
Slide 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwz4iAOA0Jw
Slide 15 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans
Mark Brady, PhDTheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com
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