Ur Doin It Wrong (applied neuroscience)
- 1. UR DOIN IT WRONG (or: quit hacking, go outside and play, and take a nap.) file under neurophilosophy by Naomi Theora Most @nthmost July 16, 2009
- 2. Neurons: Longer Harder Faster MOAR Long-Term Potentiation : the potential of neurons to store memory and skill-related information on a long-term basis, and the metric of the efficacy of that connection. Number of Synapses: the denser your network, the more varied things you can think. Exercise results in Neurogenesis via Human Growth Factor (IGF-1) http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/99/6/2312 - Journal of Applied Physiology Llorens-Martín M , Torres-Alemán I , Trejo JL . Reviews: Mechanisms Mediating Brain Plasticity: IGF1 and Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis . The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry. 2009 Apr;15(2):134-48.
- 3. You Need to Go Lay Down Naps versus Coffee for productivity: Naps win. * Dr. Sara Mednick (UCSD sleep researcher) advocates 30-minute naps in place of coffee. * MOST ppl are sleep-deprived -> increase in depression * You can sculpt your naps to optimize brain wave cultivation - correspondance w/ various modalities (creativity, memory, etc) http://www.saramednick.com/ If it takes you 10 minutes to brew or buy coffee and another 5 to 10 minutes to drink it, you may as well have just taken a 30 minute nap.
- 4. You Are What You Think ...and you THINK what you ARE. * Mood affects what are you able to perceive. Schmitz, T. et al (2009). Opposing Influences of Affective State Valence on Visual Cortical Encoding. J. Neurosci. 29 : 7199-7207. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5387-08.2009 . * How you perceive others influences your sense of touch. Serino, A., et al (2009). I Feel what You Feel if You Are Similar to Me. PLoS One 4 (3) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004930 . *
- 5. Think Absolutely Nothing of It * Meditation reduces stress (measurable by cortisol levels in blood) - work of Dr. Ramachandran * "Stress damages virtually every kind of cognition that exists." -- Dr. John Medina, developmental molecular biologist Read Brain Rules (website http://brainrules.net)
- 6. You Can't Think Harder.
- 7. Subversive Activities Take breaks to stare into space and think absolutely nothing Take Naps Notice Stuff Don't Drive 9 to 5 Refuse to sit still DESIGN your time ...and of course, reject reductionist mind-body dualism.
- 9. "inoculating against stupid" NAOMI THEORA MOST is @nthmost on Twitter