Doug Engelbart and Karen,
Michael was the guy a couple of years ago that I asked to meet with you and you
never followed through.
All,
Go to the link and go through the 10 exercises...
Michael gave one of the best talks on the brain I have ever heard.
—bill
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10 Ways To Alter Your Brain
The Huffington Post First Posted: 8/22/11 08:41 AM ET Updated: 8/22/11
04:27 PM ET
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For much of the 20th century, science held that the human brain remained
unchanging once it hit adulthood.
But in the early 1980s, neuroscientist Michael Merzenich, now a professor
emeritus of neuroscience at the University of California San Francisco, showed
through his research that the brain is plastic. In other words, the brain can
alter itself depending on environmental input.
The real-life implications of this are several and varied. For instance, it
means that the brain can regenerate itself after a neurological injury. Other
research has found that stress-reduction practices like meditation help the
brain reorganize.
Recently, Dr. Merzenich and his Brain Plasticity Inc. have begun to test
whether brain training can help war veterans who have suffered traumatic brain
injuries. The idea, says Dr. Merzenich, is to use software to help damaged or
sluggish brains to perform better and better until they've regained most of
their cognitive ability. Sort of like physical therapy for someone who is
paralyzed, but this time it's for the brain.
The initial results of Dr. Merzenich's study have been encouraging. The bigger
application of this idea, though, is more exciting. it means that we can train
our brains to prevent the onset of neurological diseases like Alzheimer's.
Below is Dr. Merzenich's list of everyday things you can do to keep your brain
fit.
Exercise Your Peripheral Vision
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Bill Daul
Chief Collaboration Officer
NextNow Collaboratory: a synergistic web of relationships focused on
transforming the present
http://www.human-landscaping.com/nextnow
http://www.nextnow.net — NN Network Blog
http://www.nextnow.org — NN Collaboratory Blog
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"Play with boundaries, not within."
