Day 46, Make Your Brain Smarter

“Know Brainers Brainpower of none: When you hit a mental wall, quiet your mind to regain brain energy, and find fresh solutions. Learn to use silence to solve perplexing problems and think deeply. Brainpower of one: Work on one thing at a time–sequential-task instead of multitasking. Secondly, strategically block a large percentage of incoming information Read More …

Day 417, 10 Functions of This Part of the Brain Are Crucial for Managing Your Time

  “Numerous special-purpose modules in your brain are at work, trying to sort out and make sense of experience.  Most of them are running in background.  When that neural activity reaches a certain threshold, you become aware of it, and we call that consciousness.  Consciousness itself is not a thing, and it is not localizable Read More …

Day 366, Powerful Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex

Day 366, Powerful Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex   “Overview of Prefrontal Functions:  The Temporal Organization of Action”   Joaquín Fuster, The Prefrontal Cortex, Fourth Edition, page 333.   Wednesday Afternoon   My husband is home!   I drove over to pick him up at noon yesterday.  He seems to be relieved to be home. Read More …

Day 341, Learning About the Prefrontal Cortex in the Brain

Day 341, Learning About the Prefrontal Cortex in the Brain   “Excessive protein kinase C activity has been shown dramatically to impair prefrontal function and suppress the firing of prefrontal neurons.” Joaquín Fuster, neuroscientist, Prefrontal Cortex, Fourth Edition, p. 102.   Saturday Morning   Preparing For My Day meditation: Glenn Harold’s “Mindfulness Meditation for Anxiety, Read More …