Monday November 12, 2007, 8:03 am
Very interesting article Cate! Noted Thanx

Monday November 12, 2007, 8:06 am
The brain is such an interesting place. It just keeps getting better! I hope we live long enough to realize our potential! Thanks for the article, Cate!

Monday November 12, 2007, 8:30 am
DUH? LMAO!!!

Monday November 12, 2007, 8:45 am
Interesting article. Another good reason to keep up my weight loss program and my meditation sessions. Thanks Cate.

Monday November 12, 2007, 9:04 am
Noted. Thanks Cate.

Monday November 12, 2007, 9:13 am
Noted and thanks, Cate. There is a vast body of research on cognition, mind-mapping, learning styles, etc. out there and it will continue to grow. Sadly, only a trickle of what we know is being incorporated into how we live and how we teach. Metacognition is a fascinating field of knowledge. I found this to be an interesting article for mass consumption as it was user friendly.

Monday November 12, 2007, 9:29 am
Unfortunately yes but that doesnot make us any brighter :)

Monday November 12, 2007, 10:11 am
regarding the comment, " it does not make us any brighter"
You can lead a horse to water, but you can' t make it drink"
Read the article again, with the thought, Can I change habits to make a difference?

Monday November 12, 2007, 10:49 am
This Title of the article interested me because I suffered Brain Damage, Coma and a bunch of things I will not bore you with. Thank You for your Time and effort. Have a Great Day!!! I enjoyed it and can't wait to finish the article.

Monday November 12, 2007, 3:14 pm
The equipment between your ears is also important because it monitors your heart to some extent. It is a thing of such multifaceted potential that it can keep you amused for life. It can also create all sorts of refuge type spaces where you are you and no-one else can get in and change that.
Have always been fascinated by what the brain can .Not by reading about it academically-although I've done a bit of that- But finding out about it in a more fun way-seeing what others are doing/have done/are about to do and trying it for myself..

Meditation for instance is pretty various- I recommend Guru Maharaji"s product "Transcendental Meditation"-It isn't a top one but you can learn it in a week(and they check you've got it) and once your brain knows
where to go to get the buzz then any other meditation even those that can take years to master becomes comparatively easy.
Transcendental is like ersatz coffee -not the real thing but it will give you an idea of how good real coffee is an it doesn't take very long to prepare. The readers digest even recommends it-Though the other courses offered mat turn you off and the people are not the best advertisement this really does work.

A kung fu master's advice on developing intelligence I shall always remember-Read as widely as possible-As many disciplines as you can find- And-Sit and put out your chi towards the person who is telling you something important you want to remember. He also recommended a very small set of exercises to do daily and claimed that the mind was for stronger than the body and could induce amazing things including killing it with all the right symptoms- He instanced a man who had frozen to death in a refrigeration truck when he was locked in and the power was not on so the truck was warm and airy anyway.

He dotted through his book lugubrious illustrations of men in long traditional Japanese skirted things doing unusual activities like combining to hold one member of the group stiffened between them while other members of the group jumped up and down on his belly with serous rather reflective looks on their faces.

The book was so entirely without humor or subtlety that I believed the man completely even to his description of supporting his sport when he started in the Phillipines. He challenged some half dozen or so six foot black belt karate instructors com champions to simultaneous battle and won. Apparently they were built like busse4s- He was a tiny(5'.4") man with a wiry somewhat frail build.

It was he said all in the mind.

The equipment between your ears is also important because it monitors your heart to some extent. It is a thing of such multifaceted potential that it can keep you amused for life. It can also create all sorts of refuge type spaces where you are you and no-one else can get in and change that.
Have always been fascinated by what the brain can do by reading about it academically-although I've done a bit of that- But finding out about it in a more fun way-seeing what others are doing/have done/are about to do and trying it for myself..

Meditation for instance is pretty various- I recommend Guru Maharaji"s product "Transcendental Meditation"-It isn't a top one but you can learn it in a week(and they check you've got it) and once your brain knows
where to go to get the buzz then any other meditation even those that can take years to master becomes comparatively easy.
Transcendental is like ersatz coffee -not the real thing but it will give you an idea of how good real coffee is an it doesn't take very long to prepare. The readers digest even recommends it-Though the other courses offered mat turn you off and the people are not the best advertisement this really does work.

A kung fu master's advice on developing intelligence I shall always remember-Read as widely as possible-As many disciplines as you can find- And-Sit and put out your chi towards the person who is telling you something important you want to remember. He also recommended a very small set of exercises to do daily and claimed that the mind was for stronger than the body and could induce amazing things including killing it with all the right symptoms- He instanced a man who had frozen to death in a refrigeration truck when he was locked in and the power was not on so the truck was warm and airy anyway.

He dotted through his book lugubrious illustrations of men in long traditional Japanese skirted things doing unusual activities like combining to hold one member of the group stiffened between them while other members of the group jumped up and down on his belly with serous rather reflective looks on their faces.

The book was so entirely without humor or subtlety that I believed the man completely even to his description of supporting his sport when he started in the Philippines. He challenged some half dozen or so six foot black belt karate instructors com champions to simultaneous battle and won. Apparently they were built like busse4s- He was a tiny(5'.4") man with a wiry somewhat frail build.

It was he said all in the mind.

Actual reading of texts like De Bono's on thinking techniques might or might not make you brighter but can help you to use what you have more efficiently.- I recommend 'Teaching Thinking"-Six Action Shoes" "Six Thinking Hats" "I am right You are Wrong" "Atlas of Management Thinking"

He points out that the mind has a habit of trundling along well known to it tracks and that it cannot retain much at any one time- so a lot of his "methods" boil down to listing an aspect of a situation from a l certain viewpoint-often one seldom visited or explored.

Visualization seems to me an important part of memory and mnemonics are based on it. To develop that skill I recommend"Drawing on the right side of the Brain" - It will not only teach you a lot about drawing but more importantly teach the brain to see-This gives delight in many ways-Even a trip around the block can have you purring if you can see properly.
Self hypnotic techniques can also be fun and Accelerated learning has a few good ones.-Mnemonics were what people used before they wrote things down Demosthenes it is said could deliver a 24 hour speech with the use of them and the achievements of the Renaissance were supported to some extent by mnemonics
Francis Yates "Occult Beliefs of the Elizabethan Renaissance" Is a fascinating book on this subject

Can it all make you more intelligent- No-one really knows what that is -not even Binet- But that space between the ears can certainly give you a fun trip and distract you for free.

Monday November 12, 2007, 4:04 pm
I truly believe we only use about 10% of our brain capacity-there is so much to know, to learn and hopefully generations ahead will discover ways to tap into a much higher percentage. Noted/Shared

Tuesday November 13, 2007, 10:39 am
We'd all be smarter if we got rid of Bu$h & Cheney! We can't wait til 2008!
Dennis in '08 - Kucinich is the true voice of the people!:
Kucinich has done this:
(1) co-sponsoring with Rep. John Conyers HR 676, a universal health plan;
(2) voting AGAINST the Patriot Act;
(3) voting AGAINST invading Iraq;
(4) promising to withdraw from the World Trade Organization and NAFTA, & standing opposed to weapons in space;
(5) voting against a flag-burning amendment;,
(6) advocating a 12-point plan to get our troops safely out of IRAQ;
(7) voting to cut off funds for prosecuting the Iraq war;
(8) urging the signing of the Kyoto Protocols to cut down on pollution;
(9) advocating education for all, from kindergarten through college;
(10) urging the creation of a Department of Peace,
(11) ending the phony "war on drugs”;
(12) urging renewal of the environment;
(13) sponsoring HR 333 to IMPEACH Vice President Dick Cheney; and
(14) abolishing the death penalty.
All of these positions favor the people over the wealthy and well-connected.

Tuesday November 13, 2007, 7:27 pm
Noted. Thanks for the article Cate.

Tuesday November 13, 2007, 7:40 pm
Noted. Thanks Cate

Tuesday November 13, 2007, 11:19 pm
Ok, I have always had a great memory! I surprised the hell out of my mom when we were talking of things I remembered before i was 2 or 3. I went into detail with her. she and my sisters were blown away that I remembered any of that crap. My mom was a concercieto so i had the music in me too. yeah baby, mom rocked! Math was slow learning for me, but when I was 10, I helped my olest sister with her Trig. I was so great with English grammar and composition, I didn't even have to take the tests in 6th grade and up, just help grade with the teacher. That was my homework. I was never a genius. I was kind of the kid everybody considered the retard. I even thought I was was retarded.
Now, after so many back surgeries, I feel like a retard. I have lost so many brain cells from bleeding to death, but revived. I have died 5 times this lifetime, and my doctors can't belive i am alive after the surgeries.
I feel that God has a plan and he has chosen me for some reason to teach people different things that I know. After my last surgery when I found out from my oldest sister that my doctor told her to start making arrangements for my body, and my angel was telling me it wasn't my time to go yet, I thought alot about "WHY????".
I still have trouble writing by hand, and my backspace where's out quick because my brain doesn't work right anymore. I forget what I am talking about when talking to someone... little miss wordwitch has trouble remembering words. But, I am still here, and I work hard daily to teach my grandkids and help them with their schoolwork. They are in the smart kids classes and very challenged with it. Some of the math I don't even get unless I have the book to look at for refreshing upon. I'm only 53 but feel like I am over 80, mentally and physically.
My two worst recurring nightmare dreams were in my high school years. Dream 1: I couldn't remember my locker code. Dream 2: I couldn't remember my lines on stage! (was on stage since I was 9) But I continued in acting and singing for many years after.

Thursday November 15, 2007, 1:37 pm
When I was in my masters program for special ed teaching, I took a course in giving an exam called "Structures of Intellect." This 3-1/2 hour test covers all the ways the brain is known to work, and after analysis, gives you the places that need improvement in order to increase completion of your mental abilities. It is not an IQ test!

After the testing, the taker is given exercises in the form of mind games, which will address the areas of limited ability. These exercises are made to be fun, and most people love them. The test can be given to anyone, even those who cannot read, because the parts requiring written answers can be given orally.

If you get the chance, take this test, because it will show you how to integrate brain function for greatest possible utilization of your brain power.

Even the intelligence measured by IQ tests is mutable. The IQ CAN be raised! It is not fixed in stone! Also, if our minds are kept busy doing things, all sorts of things, we have less of a tendency to lose brain power as we age. Research has shown that even those with Alzheimer's can delay their sink into virtual mindlessness by exercising their brains!