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Conspiracies. Learning. THINKING. Food combining. Healing Herbs – Top 5 Adaptogenic. We are hearing a lot about herbs of late, and for good reason.
Many herbs have been attributed to a higher and longer quality of life, and others have been deemed miracles in their healing abilities for the human body. Yet, the amount we know about herbs is severely lacking, and as such, we haven’t fully capitalized on their healing benefits. It’s time to change that fact, so lets start with the top 5 healing adaptogenic herbs and uncover their special healing properties. Gynostemma Also known as the ‘magical grass”, the main active ingredient is known as saponins. The overall benefits of Gynostemma include: Gynostemma also has the ability to bring balance to the body under a wide range of stressful circumstances, and has developed a reputation in Asia as a major aid in weight management programs.
Mythology. Wellbeing Hacks. Knowledge management. A–Z Index. Reel. Storytelling. p1. Qigong Summary. Transhumanism. 6 Animals With Better Memories Than You. SHY hypothesis explains that sleep is the price we pay for learning. Why do animals ranging from fruit flies to humans all need to sleep?
After all, sleep disconnects them from their environment, puts them at risk and keeps them from seeking food or mates for large parts of the day. Two leading sleep scientists from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health say that their synaptic homeostasis hypothesis of sleep or "SHY" challenges the theory that sleep strengthens brain connections. The SHY hypothesis, which takes into account years of evidence from human and animal studies, says that sleep is important because it weakens the connections among brain cells to save energy, avoid cellular stress, and maintain the ability of neurons to respond selectively to stimuli. "Sleep is the price the brain must pay for learning and memory," says Dr.
Giulio Tononi, of the UW Center for Sleep and Consciousness. Tononi and his co-author Dr. Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map. Brain frontal lobes not sole center of human intelligence, comparative research suggests. May 13, 2013 — Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain's frontal lobes, say researchers.
Research into the comparative size of the frontal lobes in humans and other species has determined that they are not -- as previously thought -- disproportionately enlarged relative to other areas of the brain, according to the most accurate and conclusive study of this area of the brain. It concludes that the size of our frontal lobes cannot solely account for humans' superior cognitive abilities. The study by Durham and Reading universities suggests that supposedly more 'primitive' areas, such as the cerebellum, were equally important in the expansion of the human brain. These areas may therefore play unexpectedly important roles in human cognition and its disorders, such as autism and dyslexia, say the researchers. The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ) today. Interactive Movie - How the human brain works.
Learning drugs reawaken grown-up brain's inner child - life - 08 January 2014. A drug for perfect pitch is just the start: mastering new skills could become easy if we can restore the brain's youthful ability to create new circuits WANNABE maestros, listen up.
A mood-stabilising drug can help you achieve perfect pitch – the ability to identify any note you hear without inferring it from a reference note. Since this is a skill that is usually acquired only early in life, the discovery is the first evidence that it may be possible to revert the human brain to a childlike state, enabling us to treat disorders and unlock skills that are difficult, if not impossible, to acquire beyond a certain age.
From bilingualism to sporting prowess, many abilities rely on neural circuits that are laid down by our early experiences. Until the age of 7 or so, the brain goes through several "critical periods" during which it can be radically changed by the environment. Our humming brains help us learn rapidly - health - 18 June 2014. Does the head remain briefly conscious after decapitation (revisited)? A Straight Dope Classic from Cecil's Storehouse of Human Knowledge June 12, 1998 Dear Cecil:
Is 'Numerosity' Humans' Sixth Sense? Whether it's determining the number of ships on the horizon or the number of cookies in a jar, the human brain has a "map" for perceiving numbers, new research shows.
Topographical maps of the human brain are known to exist for the primary senses, such as sight, hearing and touch, but this is the first time such a map has been found for numerosity, or number sense. The map's layout allows for the most efficient communication among neurons doing similar tasks. Studies in monkeys have shown that certain neurons in the parietal cortex, located at the back of the brain beneath the crown of the hair, became active when the animals viewed a specific number of items.
These studies did not find a map for numerosity, though scientists have long suspected one exists. Banishing consciousness: the mystery of anaesthesia - health - 29 November 2011. Read full article Continue reading page |1|2|3.
5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Become Instantly Smarter. There might not be a worse feeling than when you have some kind of huge project due and the creative part of your brain just slowly grinds to a halt.
Some people have little rituals they go through to try to jump-start their muse, from "take a relaxing walk" to "steal someone else's idea and then secretly murder them. " But why not look to science to figure out what actually works? Well, we don't guarantee that any of the below will work for you -- all we can say is that smarter people than us have gotten them to work under scientifically controlled conditions. They also happen to cost absolutely nothing, so if you need to force you brain to start thinking outside the box, try to ... #5. Andrea Chu/Digital Vision/Getty Images. Rubber Hand Trick Reveals Brain-Body Link. The rubber hand illusion is more than a vaguely creepy parlor trick.
It’s a window into relationship between our mental and physical self-conception. 5 Mind-Blowing Ways Your Senses Lie to You Every Day. #2.
Your Brain Changes the Size of Objects Around You Yuliya Chsherbakova/Photos.com Your eyes are lying to you right now about something as basic as the size of the stuff you're looking at. Don't believe us? Take a look at the photograph below, and tell us which of the two vertical red lines is longer in your monitor: 3D map of human brain is the most detailed ever - health - 20 June 2013. The folds, creases and intricate internal structures that make up the human brain are being revealed in unprecedented detail. Instant Expert 31: The human brain. Cookies on the New Scientist website close Our website uses cookies, which are small text files that are widely used in order to make websites work more effectively.
To continue using our website and consent to the use of cookies, click away from this box or click 'Close' The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Animal Senses. You probably already know that when it comes to everything but intellectual pursuits and wearing cardigans in a knot over one's shoulders, animals have humans beat. All of your senses together can't match what a dog can pick up with its nose, for instance. But every now and then, an animal's sensory superiority goes above and beyond the usual and takes a turn for the bizarre and/or terrifying. #6. 5 Mind-Blowing Ways Your Senses Lie to You Every Day. 5 Superpowers We All Had as Babies (According to Science) To many of us, kids are just a squishy bundle of preciousness that can't even take a decent punch. If there's anything super about them it's their ability to produce a seemingly infinite amount of poop. But you only think this because, like most super geniuses, babies revel in deception because they answer to no god.
Not unlike Clark Kent, babies everywhere managed to fool the world with their mild-mannered public persona, masking the amazing superpowers nearly all of them possess. Slap a pair of tights on any random toddler, and you have a bona fide superhero (or, realistically, supervillain). Mind-reading monkey brains look similar to ours - life - 15 June 2013. CambridgeDeclarationOnConsciousness.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Prominent scientists sign declaration that animals have conscious awareness, just like us. People Can Learn New Skills While They Dream, Scientists Say. 5 Ways Your Brain Is Messing With Your Head.