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Brain Fitness
It is a system of mental and physical exercises, very simple, whose primary objective is to improve the different thought processes. The gym is based on the principle that there is no learning without movement, because it generates or develops neural networks or connections.
It is part of what Aristotle said: There is nothing in the intellect that has not gone through the senses. Thus, the higher sensory experience, more learning. The exercises seek to stimulate the flow of new or existing to work with maximum efficiency.
The brain fitness can be practiced by children, adolescents or adults, and is highly recommended for those seniors. The diseases of memory does not come with aging, would normally get lucid until the last minute. This therapy developed a taste for effort, and therefore eventually managed to lower their stress levels and prevent certain diseases. And we did this exercise based fun, we even use names like Elephant, Peter Pan, Pinocchio or knots.
We work on several specific areas of the individual as the intellectual, interpersonal, creative and athletic. In fact, the gym is ideal for the most dedicated athletes, who helps achieve excellence. The therapy, developed by the American Paul Dennim in 1970, is based on the Kinaesthesis, or the study of movement, and the psychology of learning. Read the rest of this entry »
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Meditation forge new neural connections
Meditation and mental discipline can change the mode of working of the brain. A meditation by Buddhist monks allowed to reach unusual levels of consciousness through the creation of neural connections that do not exist in individuals who do not usually do contemplative practices.
So researchers have proven that the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has since 1992 undertaken a collaborative study with the Dalai Lama and other Buddhist monks highly skilled in the art of meditation.
The latest results of this study, neuroscientists led by Richard Davidson and Antoine Lutz, have been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’.
So far the phenomena of inner peace and serenity gained through meditation is interpreted using metaphysical forces. Today, through this study, the effects of these practices have been ‘translated’ the language of science. Read the rest of this entry »