Amazing microphotography that shows actual new connections happening in the brain.
See new patterns being formed as brain cells connect and old patterns of thought are broken as pruning of the cells takes place before your eyes.
See this 3 minute video of neural connections being forged in the brain:
Posted: January 15th, 2010 under neuroscience, power of mind.
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In the YouTube video clip below, career analyst, Dan Pink, examines the puzzle of human motivation.
The presentation gets interesting approximately 12 mins in when he starts talking about the ‘new’ 21st century motivators of: autonomy, mastery, and purpose.
It’s interesting to hear how some innovative businesses are motivating their employees -- getting past a ‘carrots and sticks’ approach -- and instead, recognizing the intrinsic motivation that comes from encouraging employees to develop autonomy and mastery, and to define their own work purpose. Google and Encarta are just two such companies.
Posted: September 3rd, 2009 under imagination, neuroscience.
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Here’s part 2 of this fascinating topic. The discussion continues of how the universe (as we understand it to be) is an illusion -- a gi-normous hologram.
The ‘effects’ we believe we see are like sleight of hand using lights and mirrors 
Poses interesting implications for practical living.
Posted: August 5th, 2008 under neuroscience, power of mind, quantum physics.
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Gregg has been billed as an international pioneer in bridging science and spirituality.
In this excellent video he discusses what holograms are and provides many beautiful images by way of illustration.
He talks about the intrinsic nature of the Universe -- how everything within the universe is holographic in nature -- and the implications for anyone interested in directing the amazing power of their mind.
“A hologram is a pattern that is whole and complete unto itself and, at the same time, it is part of an even greater pattern that is whole and complete unto itself -- while at the same time is part of an even greater pattern.” (ad infinitum)
And here’s the staggering part …. “the beauty of the hologram (is that) any place in the pattern of a hologram where you make one little change, that change is mirrored throughout the rest of the hologram.
For a window into the amazing power of the human mind and your own potential personal power, see the video the Holographic Universe below.
Posted: July 7th, 2008 under neuroscience, power of mind, quantum physics.
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In the early 1990s, a group of researchers led by Italian neuroscientist, Dr Giacomo Rizzolatti, discovered an amazing thing about the brain during experiments on monkeys. Electrodes were connected to the part of the brain responsible for planning and movement.
The researchers discovered a phenomenon they called ‘mirror neurons’. The mirror neurons (brain cells) were scattered throughout key regions of the monkey’s brain. They mimicked everything the monkey saw someone else do. For example pick up a peanut, grab a banana, eat an ice cream cone.
So even though the monkey only observed the activity, the mirror neurons in the brain fired as if the monkey was doing the activity itself!
In subsequent research on humans, a far more complicated set of mirror neurons was discovered.
The discovery of mirror neurons, “completely changes the way we think about how the brain works.”
The implication is that humans don’t just passively observe other people in action, but actively mimic the activity in their own mind.
When a soccer fan’s favorite player scores a goal in the World Cup, part of the fan’s brain has him, the fan, scoring the goal.
The phenomenon helps to explain the power of television and movies to put viewers themselves into the action.
Posted: January 2nd, 2008 under neuroscience.
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