SRINU KRIYA GLIA GYM – 6
NUTS-AND –BOLTS-OF –THE –LEARNING—MACHINE-2
Hai Friends,
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.
