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Right now i'm very interesting knowing more and being more concious of the effect of stress (anxiety for us)

So yesterday i found this documental of neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky about it.

What i didn't remember (later i remember that i read here too) is that high anxiety levels can lead to additional fat storage, but specially in the belly ..

Right now i'm having a little snapback, it take me more time to do mindfulness meditation, so i download some alpha binaural beats and that helped me a lot to remember how a relaxed state is ..

Now i have no doubt that i must buy a neuro/bio feedback device to take more control of my body/mind ..

Now, the documental:

"Stress, portrait of a killer"

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhKjmSHxVKs

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQKcdj5-fnI&

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPn5h4AYyFY&

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpXwtSMq6d4&

PS: I bought the Benson "Relaxation Response" book too, interesting, still reading it, but till now it focus all about body and not so much about brain benefits etc.


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Sakiro Wrote:
Right now i'm very interesting knowing more and being more concious of the effect of stress (anxiety for us) So yesterday i found this documental of neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky about it. What i didn't remember (later i remember that i read here too) is that high anxiety levels can lead to additional fat storage, but specially in the belly ..

Anxiety, inflammation and glucose processing problems go together like the nervous system, immune system and digestive system. The entire body and brain chemistry is changed, because epigenetics are in play.
Just got round to watching these -great work! We can add a bit too -it's since been discovered that serotonin plummets in animals with low self esteem as well as dopamine, so there's lower motivation, lower excitement, and lower comfort & contentment. Four very good reasons to stay optimistic about life  :  )
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AR


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People!  if you want more Sapolky check out his series of something like 23 lectures for his class at Stanford.  They are amazing.  Touching on epigenetics, neurosciences, animal behaviour, and a lot lot more.

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Hey guys, a new, short, ted talk about the brain.

The video still don't have subtitles so i get lost in some parts hehe, but 'looks' interesting.

"A map of the brain"

http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_jones_a_ … brain.html


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Yeh this is very cool! Will be very useful too, especially for those who want to muck about with epigenetics/proteomics. Well spotted, dude!

...shouldn't this be in open source watch though...?  :  )


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I lol'd when i read this ..

[url removed by sakiro's crap filter]  LOL  :  )
And people get paid to write this non-sense stuff?

Crap Filter - ON.

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Oh yeh  :  )
Buckets of nonsense come through every day, and I can't help but feel it's best not to reproduce the urls, because a lot of folks skim text, pulling out just the links, and assume (without even bothering to read your post) that you support whatever it is they end up at.

There's a big mainstream BS rumor about uncooked food going around recently, and I've been SO tempted to do a myth-busting post on it, but thought I'd do the experiment and see if keeping quiet was a better way not to spread that meme? Result? Nobody here has mentioned it so far...

It's an old old problem -if you see something dodgy, do you warn people to prevent them being duped, or not mention it to avoid attracting them to go there? If you tell people, chances are everybody will go and look and some will get duped anyway.

Someone from the fire service told me that they turn sirens off for the last half mile before reaching a fire so that onlookers don't gather at the site to gawp with their children and breathe in poisonous fumes. Similar tactic.

Sources are always important, and any source that doesn't reference the original science paper (like world science) can be considered a poor source. Good new sites don't turn up very often. Here's one:
http://www.frontiersin.org/human_neuroscience
that avoids journalistic nonsense and you get actual contact details for researchers themselves.

Btw if you feel that the best policy IS warning people of crap, by all means replace the url, I was just having a laugh  :  )  But it's a difficult question at the best of times.
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AR


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Hey dude, glad you get a laugh at least =)

I know, if i need to post a link here every time i read a crap article about intelligence and the brain, i will spam this site to hell!

I only was a little angry with article like this, because i think, that can produce some "snap back" for people who are persuing or interesting in increasing their intelligence, like seems like this one can active that little voice (anxiety) and whisper "hey, see? you can't be more smart!, is 100% genetic!!" or stuff like that ..

Somehow at the beggining it happend to me (because it's "too good" to be true right?) .. and thanks to you and all the people who make this site possible, i can come here and get back in track all the times that needs to be done, and get back in charge.

Go go neurohackers! =)

Cheers

PS: I laughed too about the crap filter, so keep it that way so others people get a laugh too? hehe


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Hey we are both awake and online at the same time  :  )

I know exactly what you mean. Often articles sent to us are false leads or just plain bollox. Okay, I know we need the practice NOT to get annoyed or frustrated about bollox, but sometimes I wonder how much fecking practice does a guy need??  :  )

I find it best to concentrate on how great it is we have developed ourselves enough to know the difference between BS and information; what an amazing advantage that gives us in learning. That kinda makes you feel better.

Journalism unfortunately attracts some real scumbags and a lot of pretty dumb people.

...As a wise forensics dude* once said, "Shit is never okay, if it ever becomes okay we've stopped being human. The reason YOU feel shit when you have to walk past a screaming baby being ignored or YOU feel cut up inside when lies are spread about ignorantly for money is because YOU have developed into a real human being; because you are sane, emotionally stable and you feel love and empathy and you have intelligence. Focus on that. Developing sanely in these times requires an incredible amount of personal dedication, hard work and skill, so say thankyou to yourself for your beautiful working mind, and turn that anger into defense against the shit, and determination not to get disillusioned and dragged down by it."

...I feel inspired by this term; 'sakiros crap filter' :  ) It could become a piece of virtual software, a little NH program for the mind that jumps on bullshit, and I would like your permission to include it in an article. I won't put it online without your permission, so you can read it first (and maybe join in writing it, if you want to?)
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AR

*Mark Kelly, Criminal Forensic scientist, written in the pub, London UK 1980


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Alex wrote:



...I feel inspired by this term; 'sakiros crap filter' :  ) It could become a piece of virtual software, a little NH program for the mind that jumps on bullshit, and I would like your permission to include it in an article. I won't put it online without your permission, so you can read it first (and maybe join in writing it, if you want to?)
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AR
Shure, no problem, go ahead, we need to upload that piece of software in our minds asap =)

I really love to help with this site as best as i can, but really don't know how much can i contribute writing something "technically" about this hehe.

So for that reason i got the idea that better i could help with "gathering" task like the list of exercises/hacks etc (ok i promise will have it before this year, a christmas/new year present maybe? hehe)

But you know, sometimes i really want to get more involved in all of this, but i really don't know if i can learn more of this stuff "online" besides of course, this site. And i'm afraid that i can start learning  old/outdated stuff ..

Maybe a future article can approach this stuff? =) (For the people who can/want progress a little faster?)

I don't know if you recommend that anyways .. so i'm all ears.

EDIT: Alex did you read this book? http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Science-Quack … amp;sr=8-1

Maybe a way to enhance our "crap filter" software? hehe.


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You can always begin with anatomy =) it seldom changes you know.. hardware upgrades is a DIY biz for nature ;-)

  here: http://mitworld.mit.edu/series/view/42

  ...check the 4th* lecture (2nd from the top at the right column), there are other gems there also, that might set your next learning goal.

  Also, there are about 15 new online classes from Stanford, starting up on the Spring** (some as early as next month). Most ways to get smarter are not meta-considerations about it, you will find "there is a difference between walking the path and knowing the path". You can workout your fibers there before deciding where to go. You will find me on most, although probably not SPOT me on most ;-)

  If you're really into anatomy, check this one: http://www.anatomy-class.org/ It will start quite far from the brain though =) though a hint: the topic DOES occupy quite a bit of neuronal real state.. can you guess what it is before looking up the answer? Below there, there is a list of the other ones you might be interested. Have fun.

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* if you're an "occidental reader" that is, it would be 3rd for a Semitic reader or 2nd for an Asian one. (small print: regions are rounded up by majority for the sake of brevity)
** if you're a "boreal reader" that is, it would be Autumn for an austral one.

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MM800 wrote:

though a hint: the topic DOES occupy quite a bit of neuronal real state.. .
Hey MM800, that's so true, i have the (problem?) that sometimes i try to take a lot of new stuff to learn/do, because the world is so interesting that i will love to be a polymath lol (maybe years of constantly progress in neurohacking under my belt can achieve that?)

I bookmarked your resources, thanks dude.

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hehe, well, maybe I was just lucky with the initial development or maybe introspection was my only strength and got me in that path and ended doing the right stuff from early on, but I dont think "neurohacking" per se, i.e. formally (sound almost as a paradox) doing stuff, is really needed for that, it sure helps but maybe more on a "increased efficiency" way or just a more healthy way, as in not neglecting rear nets for example.. I mean, I never took any pharmaceuticals -- everything is chemicals, specially xanthines -- but I never took a "smart" drug.. yet =) And I do consider myself -- perhaps equivocally granted -- a polymath, from advanced math to art, nonlinear optimization and programming to drawing, 3D modelling and architecture; literature and poetry, music and having a perfect pitch to lifting weights and physiology and nutrition, I'm on it all.. I believe the secret is to never try and swallow more than you can handle, neurohacking can only increase so much and I'm tired of seeing small people eating the double of their sizes that I dont think it has much to do with the size of each bite...

Remember that homunculus little fella?

http://www.autismindex.com/Therapies/Therapy_Key_Word_Site_Map/sensory/motor_1.jpg

that shows the proportional area of brain for each part of the body? That was my original intention with the 'hint' =) alluding to how huge the hands are represented on the brain.. the Stanford course will initially deal with the anatomy of the hand (far from the brain =)), and future ones will proceed to neck and head(not as far, but still external), torax, etc... did you check out the video there? How awesome is that virtual dissection table?! He can "slice and dice" the body, remove parts, rotate.. =)

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Hi dudes,
Sakiro wrote: Alex did you read this book? http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Science-Quack … amp;sr=8-1

I hadn't noticed this one, but it's great more stuff like this is appearing!  Even most of the general public is getting heartily sick of being bullshitted all the time.
Re: Sakiros crap filter... I was thinking of something straightforward like the 'golden rules' we can apply as a simple process for ascertaining verisimilitude.*

If we note down what we all do to make sure information is as reliable as possible, we should have a good start.
For example I do this:
Step 1: trace the sources -where did the article come from and who wrote the original paper it is based on?
Step 2: find out who funded the author/s -how much financial interest could be influencing outcomes?
Step 3: Question what you read -How sound is the reasoning; are there other interpretations of the information that the researchers may have missed or not know; are they up to date in their own knowledge of new discovery and is this their usual field?

...If we all add any other methods we use, we can build a simple formula.

MM800: Re: homunculus: This doesn't show the proportional area of brain for each part of the body! It (usually) relates only to the sensorimotor cortex and peripheral nervous system. Because there are most nerve endings in the hands, they are portrayed larger. Sensory & motor cortices are a small lateral slice across the brains cortex, roughly from ear to ear where the top of your headphones sit.

Thanks for links, there's another good one here:

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/category.php?id=23
pretty up to date psychology stuff

Best,
AR

PS I will be offline partying until 23rd, replies to mails will be late.
* (Excuse N5 language I've been watching way too much of Mr Spock lately).


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