http://www.spiritedthought.com/2006/10/27/feeling-conscious/ Getting my head around my mind Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:56:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.spiritedthought.com/2006/10/27/feeling-conscious/#comment-150 Matt Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:13:29 +0000 http://www.spiritedthought.com/2006/10/27/feeling-conscious/#comment-150 Hey Brian-- if you're interested in neuropsych, I read a cool book called "Magic Trees of the Mind". Don't let the cover fool you-- to me the book isn't so much about parenting, raising kids, etc (tho there's a lot of that in there) as it is about how our brains grow and develop over time. It's trivial to say that our brains change every day, as we are always subtly adding, dropping, refining the neuronal connections that make up conscious and unconscious thought. However, what I find most appealing is that each of us has the power to profoundly change these structures and hence profoundly affect our abilities. Perhaps I wasn't born a concert pianist, but with time and practice, I can become one. Maybe my genes/environment dictated that I am a bit of a worrier. With time and the proper repetition, I can change that too... Hey Brian– if you’re interested in neuropsych, I read a cool book called “Magic Trees of the Mind”. Don’t let the cover fool you– to me the book isn’t so much about parenting, raising kids, etc (tho there’s a lot of that in there) as it is about how our brains grow and develop over time. It’s trivial to say that our brains change every day, as we are always subtly adding, dropping, refining the neuronal connections that make up conscious and unconscious thought. However, what I find most appealing is that each of us has the power to profoundly change these structures and hence profoundly affect our abilities. Perhaps I wasn’t born a concert pianist, but with time and practice, I can become one. Maybe my genes/environment dictated that I am a bit of a worrier. With time and the proper repetition, I can change that too…

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