SRINU-KRIYA-GLIA-GYM– 6

SRINU KRIYA GLIA GYM – 6

NUTS-AND –BOLTS-OF –THE –LEARNING—MACHINE-2

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                        Scientists often speak of brain aging in terms of cog native changes.  As we age, our brain, gradually slower speed. Slowed processing speed may influence other aspects of cognition, including so called executive functions such as planning and reasoning, and tasks that require a kind of parallel processing of holding and integrating multiple items in memory. New neurons of neuro genesis takes main role to speed up. Write on paper, visualize, focus, repeat, improves memory.

                        Negative pattern of thought and behavior disturb the brain path waves, brain imaging studies gives this evidence. We loose thousands of neurons everyday. Hypocampus and the olfactory bulb, regularly generate new neurons, many of which go on to become functioning players in brain circuits. Genetics clearly plays a role in successful aging, but how we live our lives on a day to day basis is critical.

Physical experience, and challenging and intellectually stimulating mental activity, diet, social connections, how we manage stress, how we view our world and ourselves are all important factors. Frontal cortex and hypocampus shinks with age.

                        A good news from brain research, the brain is just as capable of learning in the second half of life as in the first half. “wisdom” by many definitions, denotes an enhance capacity to grasp the essence of complex situations or problems and act accordingly. We can make the brain work better simply by accumulating more knowledge, which builds more network of connections in the brain. The wisdom that we acquire can compensate for the decline that may be gradually occurring. The prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain just behind the forehead, is essential to higher thinking executives functions such as planning, reasoning and judgment. So we mainly meditate on this PFC. Think positive, start each day by looking at the glass as half full. Self-efficacy entails an ability to adapt to life challenges, to maintain a degree of control over our life, and to feel as if we are contributing to our families and society. Pursue social activities such as traveling with friends, golfing or taking yoga classes. While acute short term stress can actually improve memory, chronic stress takes a toll on the brain. Exercise and positive social interactions can help us cope with stress.

            Stanford university, which used functional magnetic resonance imaging(FMRI) to track patter patterns of activation in the brain, founds the older adults are more responsive to positive images than to negative one’s. Compared to younger adults, people aged seventy to ninety showed greater activation in a brain region that is central to emotional processing(The Amygdla) when they looked at the pictures of people expressing positive emotions verses negative one. Older adults experience fewer negative emotions and are less likely to remember negative emotional stimuli than positive stimuli.

            The brain wants to learn, it wants to be engaged as a learning machine. The brain requires active continuous learning. It requires change, and that changes requires that you are acquiring new skills and abilities, new hobbies and activities that require the brain to remodel itself. That is the key.

            GG practice perfectly tighten the bolts of the learning machine, in a natural process. We practice mainly on the prefrontal cortex, it improves higher thinking and planning. (Contd...7-18)

With courtesy of Goolge search, NTRA-AARP’s educator community, the Dana alliance for brain initiatives, ScientificAmerican.