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70 Ways to Better Brain Power

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 22:59:27 GMT

clipped by: nhorn

70 Ways to Increase Your Brain Power

1. Breath deep. More air in means more oxygen in the blood and therefore in the brain. Breath through your nose and you'll notice that you use your diaphragm more, drawing air deeper into your lungs. Several deep breaths can also help to relax you, which is conducive to clearer thinking.

2. Meditate. A simple meditation you can do right now is just closing your eyes and paying attention to your breath. Tensing up your muscles and then relaxing them to start may help. When your mind wanders, just bring your attention back to your breath. Five or ten minutes of this will usually relax you, clear your mind, and leave you more ready for any mental task. For more on meditation, you can visit http://www.TheMeditationSite.com.

3. Sit up straight. Posture affects your thinking process. Prove it to yourself by doing math in your head while slouching, looking at the floor and letting your mouth hang open. Then do the mental math while sitting up straight, keeping your mouth closed and looking forward or slightly upwards. You'll notice that it's easier to think with the latter posture.

4. Phosphotidyl Serine (PS). This supplement has been shown in clinical studies to increase lucidity and rate of learning. It activates cell-to-cell communication, helps regulate cell growth, improves the functioning of the special receptors found on cells, and prepares cells for activity. In other words, it can help your brain power. It's also thought to reverse memory decline. Phosphatidylserine has no known adverse side effects.

5.Vinpocetine. This extract, derived from an alkaloid found in the Periwinkle plant, is used as a cerebral vasodilator. It increases blood flow to the brain, which improves its oxygenation and thereby increases mental alertness and acuity. Research suggests it may also be the most powerful memory enhancer available to date.

Tags: brain

Quotes for a twisted mind

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:12:15 GMT

clipped by: Deepti

Clip Source: www.geocities.com

Anything that happens, happens.
Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
Douglas Adams

A lot of people I know believe in positive thinking, and so do I.
I believe everything positively stinks.
Lew Col

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
H. L. Mencken

All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
Sean O'Casey

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
Ed Howe

Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy.

An optimist is someone who thinks all is good
A pessimist is someone who laughs at an optimist.
So I'm a pessimist ... Sue me, like I care.

BLISS is ignorance

Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation.

The paradox of life, we live to die yet we die to live.

When in doubt, pretend. When pretending, have no doubt about it.

No one gets too old to learn a new way of being stupid.

Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something.

Apathy is not the problem, it's the solution

Don't hate yourself in the morning -- sleep till noon.

I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.

Never reflect on your life, it will just depress you.

A pessimist is one who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
Elbert Hubbard

Sanity is the trademark of a weak mind.
Mark Harrold

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
Oscar Wilde

Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
Ogden Nash

Tags: quotes, dark, twisted

Witty Quotes

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:28:20 GMT

clipped by: rko2007
clipper's remarks: Some more can be found on the original site.

Clip Source: www.didyouknow.cd

Witty Quotes

Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.
- Winston Churchill

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
- Phyllis Diller

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
- Slovenian proverb

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Albert Einstein

Anything not worth doing is worth not doing well. Think about it.
- Elias Schwartz

Everything you can imagine is real.
- Picasso

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.
- W. Edwards Deming

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
- Winston Churchill

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
- Abraham Lincoln

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
- Malcolm S. Forbes

Tags: quotes, famous, advice, life

Cicero - The Six Mistakes of Man

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:55:54 GMT

clipped by: ecopirate

Clip Source: philramble.wordpress.com

Marcus Cicero was a prominent philosopher who lived at the time the Romans began to lose their domainance as a civilization. He was a statesman, poet, orator and a philosopher all combined into one…I think he had a tendency to hit the nail on the head pretty often, and as a critic he excelled. Here are what he thought were “The six mistakes of Man”:Cicero’s Six Mistakes of Man.

The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others.
The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.
Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.
Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.
Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying.
Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

Tags: eco.spirit

This will mess with your mind!

Tue, 22 May 2007 18:09:58 GMT

clipped by: mnicholson2

Clip Source: www.jeffbridges.com

Tags: mind trick

Quotes about life from Buddha

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:46:14 GMT

clipped by: kwonsu

Clip Source: thinkexist.com

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

“Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.”

“To understand everything is to forgive everything”

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

Clip Source: thinkexist.com

“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”

“However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?”

“A jug fills drop by drop.”

“The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.”

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”

“Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.”

“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”

Clip Source: thinkexist.com

“There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.”

“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”

Tags: religion, spirituality, quotes, life

Clipmarks and the Art of Highlighting

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:13:48 GMT

clipped by: adamc
clipper's remarks: Clipper JICWyllie published this piece in Inside Knowledge magazine. His insight regarding annotation and classification is fascinating. And it's inspiring to read about the potential of Clipmarks as a tool for group intelligence -- World Mind here we come!

Thanks Jan!

Clip Source: www.ikmagazine.com

Sorting the useful information from the rubbish on the internet is an everyday challenge. Can social-networking sites, such as Clipmarks, help?

After looking at Clipmarks for a few minutes, here is part of what I first wrote: “Clipmarks is the first vital step towards the collaborative creation of a new level of meta-knowledge, enabling people to better understand the big picture. The next step is to use multifaceted taxonomies as the intellectual tools for collecting and organising the evidence on which metaknowledge is based.”

All individuals and groups can start contributing their intelligence and interests to the content and organisation of corporate clips collections (or the World Mind), right now, using simple tools and tagging devices like Clipmarks.

Tags: clipmarks, information, inside knowledge

I think you're the father of one of my kids

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:13:06 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: members2.boardhost.com

A guy goes to the supermarket and notices a beautiful blond woman wave at him and say hello. He's rather taken aback, because he can't place where he knows her from. So he says, "Do you Know me?"

She replies, "I think you're the father of one of my kids."

Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever been unfaithful to his wife and says, "My God":

Are you the stripper from my bachelor party that tied me to the the pool table, gagged me with your sequined bra, shaved my pubes, while your partner whipped my butt with wet celery? My buddies still laugh themselves senseless over that night!

She looks into his eyes and calmly says, "No, I'm your son's math teacher."

Tags: joke

Seven blunders of the world

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:26:21 GMT

clipped by: pokkets

Clip Source: www.doctorhugo.org

"Seven Blunders of the World"

1. Wealth without work

2.

Pleasure without conscience

3. Knowledge without character

4. Commerce without morality

5. Science without humanity

6. Worship without sacrifice

7. Politics without principle

—Mahatma Gandhi

|| Museums of the Mind ||

Tags: proverb, philosophy, gandhi, thought, mind, humanity, world

An Orgasm Is All In The Mind

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:37:35 GMT

clipped by: debbyski

Clip Source: news.scotsman.com

IT’S a scientific fact: human brains are programmed for orgasms - with or without the actual sex act.

"It’s the same reward mechanism that encourages us to share our DNA," said Dr Lomas. "But it can be achieved without the physical act of copulation."

Only humans have this power to induce mental ecstasy, and it’s a complex set of responses that can be achieved by learned behavioural patterns or triggered by hyper-arousal during peak experiences, he says.

"At times of hyper-arousal, our brains are designed to freeload on the behavioural reward that encourages us to reproduce," he said. "And that is another name for orgasm."

Dr Cynthia McVey, a psychologist from Glasgow Caledonian University, said that from puberty onwards, achieving orgasm without sexual contact happens in our dreams.

Tags: inspired, by, rightys, comments, on, the, jodie, foster, clip

10 Goals Worth Pursuing

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:41:56 GMT

clipped by: coecoe321

Clip Source: www.goalsguy.com


1.	Personal Development
	The single best investment any of us can ever make is in our own personal growth and development. The accumulation of knowledge means everything to your future.

2.	Excellent Physical Health
	Your body impacts everything you do. Take good care of it through proper nourishment, exercise and rest.

3.	Rest, Relaxation and Renewal
	We must take good care of ourselves without feeling guilty.

4.	Building a Loving Family
	Family is the emotional core of our lives. We should make constant deposits into everyone's emotional bank account.

5.	Intimate Relationships With Your Friends
	Surround yourself with nourishing friends. Share yourself with them and let them share themselves with you.

6.	Involvement In Your Community
	The definition of a life well lived must include a commitment to serving others.

7.	Excellence in Your Work
	Develop a reputation for excellence. A sincere commitment to excellence is a noble goal.

8.	Financial Freedom
	Money is important. Exercise wisdom in all your financial dealings.

9.	A Comfortable, Loving Home
	The single biggest investment most of us will ever make should be comfortable and lined with love.

10.	Peace of Mind
	There is no substitute for peace of mind. Everything you do either supports it or takes away from it.

Tags: success, life

Map of the Cat Brain

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:53:24 GMT

clipped by: karaokeron
clipper's remarks: ...if you've ever tried to figure out your cat..

Clip Source: www.xmission.com

Tags: cat, cats, pet, pets, animal, animals, funny, humor, humour, humorous. mind

Female Orgasm is Deadly for Men

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:07:57 GMT

clipped by: Homonculus
clipper's remarks: When it comes to the difference between male and female sexuality, scientist Kunio Kitamura discovered that female orgasm is 10 times stronger than man.

Clip Source: notelay.com

Female sexual arousal and orgasm is a complex process involving the entire woman, mind and body. The human mind receives in sexual stimuli from the body, processes it, and based on past learning and experience causes the body to respond to it.

Like a male orgasm, a female orgasm is usually accompanied with a very physical reaction, such as hot flushes, uncontrollable spasms and aftershocks which are spasms after sexual pleasure.

When an orgasm has been achieved through sex, you can measure theta waves. These are also said to cause the "running high" feeling of euphoria experienced sometimes by marathon runners. If theta waves are taken as a criterion, the entire brain emits theta waves when women reach an orgasm that is 10 times stronger than when men climax.

So, if theta waves are an indication of an orgasm's strength, then women experience an orgasm that is physically impossible for men to go through. Putting it a little crudely, if the intensity of a woman's orgasm was played through a man's brain, there's a danger that the shock to his system would kill him. That risk makes it impossible to experiment on a man at the moment. And men can never become women. But, it can be used the experience of people who have undergone a sex change (either a woman born with a man's brain or vice versa) to explain the pleasure women feel.

There is a very strong correlation between nerve transmitters called dopamine and pleasure. Arousal causes the pulse to rise, turns the face red and makes the eyes misty because of the effects of dopamine. There also appears to be a link between this and a woman's tendency to become prettier when she falls in love. If it becomes possible to measure dopamine, it may also become possible to measure a woman's pleasure.

Tags: orgasm, sex, women, woman, teens, romance

Great Minds Drink Alike

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:06:37 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: www.dailygalaxy.com

Great Minds Drink Alike: Cafes Tapping Nation's Fascination with Science & Research

Major media from the Chicago Tribune to ABC News to Wired magazine and The New York Times have all reported on a new trend sweeping the U.S., Canada, and Europe: the rise of science cafes. Founded in London, the global network of Cafe Scientifique is a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology. Meetings take place in cafes, bars, restaurants and even theatres, but always outside a traditional academic context.

"A lot of people come to see real live scientists — some of whom are extremely famous and prominent — and see how their brains work,"

The quarterly Cafes have tackled diverse issues such as biomechanics, the biology of gender, the big bang theory and global warming, but the basic formula stays the same

To find a Café Scientifique event near you visit their global cafe locations map.

Tags: mind, physics, education, life, science, cafe

Brain 'irrelevance filter' found

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:43:08 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Scientists believe they have located a new brain area essential for good memory - the "irrelevance filter".

People who are good at remembering things, even with distractions, have more activity in the basal ganglia on brain scans, the Swedish team found.

The work in Nature Neuroscience could help explain why some people are better at remembering things than others.

Clinically, it could also aid the understanding of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

The ability to hold information in the mind so that it is immediately accessible is known as working memory.

We use working memory all of the time - for example, when doing a simple maths calculation in our head or recalling a telephone number.

There will be many brain regions that filter irrelevant information, so it is too early to tell if these findings will have a bearing on conditions such as ADHD

Tags: brain, neuroscience, filter, irrelevance, memory