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The brain of a teenager is changing dramatically. The prefrontal cortex, the front part of the brain that is the CEO, is the last part of the brain to mature. This part of the brain is growing during the preteen years and then is being pruned during the teen years. The decision making ability is limited because of this new development.
The cerebellum plays a role in physical coordination and supports higher learning related to math, music, and advanced social skills. This area of the brain, next to the brain stem, is also developing at this time. The corpus callosum is also developing at this time, It is a bunble of nerve fibers that connects the right and left side of the brain. This is growing new connections at this time. The amygadala is the emotional center of the brain and home to fear and rage. Teens depend on this part of the brain when they are processing information. With adults the prefrontal cortex is working. So teens use the tools of impulsive decisions, arguments and door slamming to get their point across. The basil ganglia is the manager of the brain and is connected to the prefrontal cortex. This area is directing and coordination small and large motor movements. So get the teens involved in sports and music so that the brain can develop in a good way. I hope you enjoy finding out about these different areas of the brain. I find it fascinating. LENS neurofeedback can help the teen years to run a little smoother.
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Researchers from 17 different countries looked into the genes of 300,000 different people. They were looking into the genes to evaluate thoughts and feelings and how this relates to to the quality of our lives. The researchers call this subjective well-being. They found 2 genes that were different for depression and 11 genes that were different for neuroticism. Next to be studied, is how this genetic variation could be related to the environment. This includes a great deal of different things. Like how much food was consumed or how the child was cared for by the family.
This is the biggest study so far. It will be exciting too see what else they come up with. LENS neurofeedback can change the way that you interact with the world, even if it is in your genes. Come live in my heart and pay no rent. Samuel Lover
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. Saint Augustine From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way. Bill Watterson Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better. William Shakespeare Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. Henry David Thoreau Who ever gave his best never regretted it. George Halas That's all for today! Try LENS neurofeedback and live a better life. We are amazing.....The researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, have been looking into rats brains. They have been trying to understand why opoiods such as; morphine, oxycodone, and methadone are creating such an addictive response. These prescription medications are usually, given to people after a major operation. What the researchers are finding is that the immune system is triggered after just 5 days of using morphine. They found that the release of glial cells (they clear out infection) in the spinal cord increased for several months. So the pain signals to the brain, were actually increased by the opoiod use. The opoiods can help with the initial response but the continued aggravation to the spinal cord, which underlays the surface response, can create more problems. The research needs to be translated to humans, which is in the works.
Help to get off the drugs is what LENS can help you do. Why have a band aid when you can be free. The researchers at Duke University have been studying habits. They got some mice addicted to sugar and then gave them a lever to push to get some more. When the sugar was taken away the mice kept pushing the lever, more please, just a little more. They then looked at the brains of these mice and a control group that was not addicted. They found that the basil ganglia was affected, just like with a drug addiction. The basil ganglia is the area of the brain that controls the stop and go of behaviors. So it is important to be aware of our habits. When they are repetitive, they actually change the brain circuitry. It becomes not just appetite control but an addictive process that is brought about by exposure to a potentially addictive chemical. So when that craving is acted upon over and over it will continue.
Give LENS a try. I will help keep the sugar blues from happening. Researchers at the Salk Institute are at it again.... They looked to the hippocampus (the center for memory) and found an amazing thing. They found that the brain has ten times the capacity for storage than was accepted in the past. We have potentially as much storage capacity as the World Wide Web. What holds the secret to this capacity is at the synaptic junction, between the neurons. The synaptic junctions are now known to change in size and shape with more frequency and variation than anyone realized before. This tiny alteration changes the ability of the brains storage capacity in an amazing way.
LENS helps the neurons to work correctly. Let's take a step back and look at the different parts of the brain and how they function. The brain has 4 lobes in each cerebral hemisphere where there are fissures that divide them. The 4 hemispheres are the frontal, temporal (over the ear), parietal (this is the parent on the back part of the brain, yes they are still watching us.) and the occipital region the the lower part of the brain.
The front (or frontal) part of the brain is responsible for the personality, behavior, emotions, judgement, speech, body movements and intelligence. The parietal lobe takes care of the interpretation of language, touch, pain. It also translates the signals from visual and hearing. The occipital lobe interprets vision (color, light, movement). The temporal lobe helps us to understand language, holds on to memory (long term) and hearing. This is a short list of some parts of the brain. They all interact and weave and dance together. Beautiful!!! LENS neurofeedback helps this dance to work together. Researchers from Northwestern University put together an experiment to test how emotions work with persuading people to do something. They found that people tend to be persuaded towards appeals that are emotional, it does not matter if they are negative or positive. We intuitively use more emotional language when we are trying to persuade. Even if we use positive words like outstanding or excellent, these words are overridden with the words exciting and thrilling.
Researchers asked a group of people (over 1,000) to go to Amazon.com to write reviews for products. One group was asked to just describe the product, the other group was asked to persuade people to buy the product. They then used a tool to measure linguistic patterns. They found that using emotional words won out and even appealed to rational thinkers. They also found that words with emotion also helps to connect a better memory. LENS keeps the brain working with a higher impact. We just feel (better) great!!! We have these ultra slow waves in the brain. When a MRI scan is made, these waves have been detected. In the past, these waves were considered an effect of the MRI scan itself. However, the researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, have been studying mouse brains. They have found that these ultra slow waves are not just noise, but create a pattern similar to ocean waves. They have discovered that these waves are part of the way that the brain coordinates itself and is linked to consciousness. The 100 billion neurons are coordinated by different wave lengths. When the waves are choppy there is more activity in this area of the brain. Even when we are daydreaming, then the brain is still buzzing as much as with a tough math problem. The researchers have found so far that the brains of people with neuropsychological disease have the same ultra slow wave pattern as someone who is considered normal.
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AuthorHello, my name is Dana Lee Collins M.A.,L.P.C. I am a psychotherapist that has been trained in the art of neurofeedback. This science helps to heal the brain of trauma. I am dedicated to helping people heal. Archives
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