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POPS Alzheimer's Disease, "The long goodbye" Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, causing gradually increasing problems with memory, judgment, and thinking. There's currently no cure for Alzheimer’s--or most other dementias--but there are ways to slow the progression, ease many symptoms, and offer comfort. Alzheimer's is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder: Normal brain cell function is gradually destroyed, leading to irreversible declines in memory, cognition, and behavior. But what causes things to go awry remains unknown. It may be that Alzheimer's has several causes or that the interplay between genetic makeup and certain risk factors determines who's affected.
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POPSThink with your body, not your head Contrary to popular thought, thinking occurs below the neck as well as between the ears. For example, much of the nervous system is focused around the gut. Hence, our language about "gut reactions" or "gut instinct." This accounts for many peoples stomach ailments when upset or nervous. That may be why we often have "butterflies" in our stomach to describe out anxiety. Read more about embodied cognition and how you can use the wisdom of your body to be a new you! Tweet us your thoughts @thirstyfishinfo and leave a comment...
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POPSExercise May Improve Cognitive Function Dementia is a great problem. So many factors are associated with it. It said that mental exercise improves Alzheimer's disease. DASH (Diet Approach to Stop Hypertension) menu improves cognitive function. Exercise is advised with DASH menu. So, exercise should do its part in improving it.
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POPSConcentrated Inanity Chopra has a huge following. What does that indicate? That there are many, many gullible people in the world!
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POPSStates Of Consciousness The third state of consciousness is being awake. This is the state most of us are in most of the time. Measurable brain activity during the waking state of consciousness is quite different when compared with brain activity during both sleep and dreaming. The fourth state of consciousness occurs when we actually glimpse the soul, when we transcend, when we become, even for a fraction of a moment, absolutely still and quiet and become aware of the observer inside us. This state of consciousness occurs during meditation, when we experience the gap, that quiet moment between our thoughts. The fifth state is called cosmic consciousness, the sixth state divine consciousness, and the seventh state unity consciousness. Adapted from The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire, by Deepak Chopra (Three Rivers Press).
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POPSLet the Fur Fly! Dogs vs. Cats: Pet Showdown Nice article comparing apples to cauliflowers. Or, Cats to Dogs. I live with both tribes and am the better for it. Also, check out the article for an interesting video about the testing. Should I spoil it for you and tell you who won? Nope, not gonna.
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POPSLower Child IQ Linked To Later Life Dementia Starr said the findings support the hypothesis that low childhood IQ acts as a risk factor for dementia through vascular risks rather than the “cognitive reserve” theory. This theory speculates that greater IQ and education create a buffer against the effects of dementia in the brain, allowing people with greater cognitive reserve to stay free of signs of dementia longer, even though the disease has started affecting their brains.
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POPSHelp your child learn with mistakes No one wants their child to fail. You love seeing a perfect spelling or math grade at the end of the day. This article demonstrates that the best way to achieve that is to have kids make mistakes in their learning. This allows for them to have greater recall and understand the steps to solving problems. The worst thing you can do, possibly, is to "google" everything! Share your experiences with this by clicking the comment link below. Become part of our online support groups. We have been going 11 years strong. Click here to join for free.
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POPSMeta Brain Growth Process I came across this site looking for material on nootropics. I have read many sites that contain SOME good information, but also a lot of New Age theories, which weren't of interest to me. This looks like a great resource.
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POPSFinally ! Where we came from revieled !
Unimpressive.” The chemist then commented: “All quite similar, derived from different sequences of four chemical ingredients.” Next the computational expert opined: “Limited computing abilities. But one, the hairless biped, is unlike the others. It exchanges information in a manner that is primitive and inefficient but remarkably different from the others. It creates many odd objects, including ones that are consumable, others that produce symbols, and yet others that destroy members of its tribe.” “But how can this be?” the engineer mused. “Given the similarity in form and chemistry, how can their computing capacity differ?” “I am not certain,” confessed the computational alien. “But they appear to have a system for creating new expressions that is infinitely more powerful than those of all the other living kinds. I propose that we place the hairless biped in a different group from the other animals, with a separate origin, and from a different galaxy.” The other two aliens nodded,
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POPSWhat's Behind Birthers' Obama Belief "Research done by Harvard's Mahzarin Banaji and San Diego State's Thierry Devos into what's called "implicit social cognition" reveals that white Americans inherently regard white Europeans as somehow more "American" than Asian- or African-Americans, which may help explain why so many people find it easy to believe that President Obama is not really a citizen."
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POPSWhy do we hate Good-byes? I see you seeing me and I exist. I see you seeing me see you and we exist. Mutual re-cognition is the glue that holds us together, not merely as friends, but as individual selves. Good-byes are poignant preludes to the leave-takings and withdrawals that deprive our psyches of the sustenance they need to maintain our selfhood. As such, every good-bye is a premonition of disintegration, a foretaste of death, another step on the path to "adieu." Have you noticed that old folks tell the same stories over and over? They are desperately trying to shore up identities that, because of a paucity of recognition, are breaking down. By telling us their stories, they are staving off the disintegration of self, one day at a time. You can't really blame them--their struggle is at once heroic and tragic.One day, you too may need a comprehending ear to offset the recognition deficiencies that plague old-age... <<
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