Human Philosophy

Here are some of the common causes for mental fuzziness and what to do about them. Depression Lack of focus and concentration are among the more common symptoms of depression. Major depression can sometimes make it impossible to work or study effectively, and may require medical treatment. Sleep deprivation Disturbed sleep can lead to a lack of focus the following day. Prolonged sleep disturbances may require a doctor’s visit to uncover and treat any underlying cause. Alcohol or drug abuse Dependency on alcohol or recreational drugs may cause the brain to function less than optimally. Even prescribed medication may have this effect, so check with your doctor. Hormonal changes While the effect of pregnancy on the brain is a subject of debate among experts, many women report forgetfulness and focus problems in the later months. Menapause Menopause can likewise cause a temporary disruption to mental acuity, according to a recent study by the Unive...

According to several studies Michigan State University Physiologist Robert Root-Bernstein and his psychologist mother, Maurine Bernstein, found that most Nobel Prize winner and members of the National Academy of Sciences had arts-related hobbies ! "Their less successful people did not share either their arts interests of their arts-related thinking skill , " This finding replicated in several similar studies seems a logical extension of other research conducts at UC Irvine suggesting that exposure to music actually enhances intellectual ability. Not only does listening to Mozart improve test performance (at least temporarily), preschoolers who play piano do better at science and math than their counterparts who do not Why should this be so?  Why should painting or playing piano or writing poetry have anything to do with math or science?  One obvious reason is that scientist, like artist, must learn to pay close attention --both to detail and to the broader context. ...

According to Dr. Fran Lawis in his book The IQ Answer, falling in love stimulate your brain. " The act of loving someone can be directly observed through the brain and throughout your body. Your immune system sparkle with excitement that creates a better defense against disease, and you actually gain muscular strength. Your creativity soars from the stimulation of the right brain so that even males begin to integrate their intellectual version witch creativity. " He notes that the type of love does not matter as much as the depth of feeling. "We know that newborn babies thrive when loved, while those without love tend to suffer in mental strengths....[E]evidence indicates that those who love the most gain the greatest benefit cognitively." Research has shown that falling in love raises levels of never growth for a sustained period of time, perhaps as long as a year. The hormones produce apparently help to restore the nervous system and trigger new growth. ...

 Do you avoid interdiction because you can not remember people's names? Have you forgotten someone's name almost before you've said the word " Pleased to meet you"? You and include me need to learn five memory tricks. Pay Attention it sounds obvious, but most of us are so caught up with how we are coming across smiling, shaking hands, keeping eye contact, kissing cheeks that we do not listen to the name. Use It or Lose It When you are introduce to someone, use their name many times while your talking to them. You will fix their name in your memory with constant repetition, plus it will sound like you're really interested in them. People love it when you use their names. it makes them feel special. Little do the know that you're playing a memory game. Association Game This is what I am using most of the time but mine is if I had John named friend if I meet someone with the same name I store it in my memory associated with my older friend name....

The brain has two distinct hemispheres, each responsible for different things. The logical and linguistic left side  does all the reasoning and logical thinking, processes speech, and controls the right side of your body. The creative right side controls your imagination, spatial awareness, creative ability, and the left side of your body. The two halves communicate via a thread of nerves called corpus callosum. Just as we are right-or left-handed, we all have a dominate side. but it is possible to reinforce the communication between two sides of your brain. These exercise are based on the findings of neurophysiologist and educator Carla Hannaford, Ph.D ..and Brain Gym creator,, Paul Dennison (see www.braingym.com ). They encourage use of the whole body in the learning process for dramatic improvements in concentration memory, reading, writing, organizing, listening, and physical coordination. Drink Water Dehydration is one of the major causes of the poor concentration. ...

Speed reading is not magic or something that only mentalists can achieves, but it does require you to relearn the way that you currently read to correct some of the habits that may be slowing you down. First, it is important to establish that reading faster can actually improve your comprehension rather than reduce it. An average person reads about 200 words per minute with about 60 percent comprehension, wheres a speed reader can read as many as 1,000 words per minute with about 85 percent comprehension. Comprehension increase with speed because it allows the brain to see the bigger picture, to contextualize and because a person completes a reading task quicker, it is less tiring and concentration is greater. Factors and habits that reduce reading rate: Reading word by word  Feeling the need to hear the words to understand what is being read Position of the page  Poor concentration and moments of inattention  Unclear reading function  Listing music...

Changing your thinking is the single most important thing you can do to improve your health! How you think determines what you eat; how often you exercise; how you react to stress; you mood; your goals; ambitions, and disappointments; the risks you take; and how much sleep you get. In short healthy thinking is what keeps you well. Doctors don't fully understand the link between thinking and health, but most agree that with your mind, you can boost your immune system, recover from surgery quicker, reduce pain, and live longer, in 1969. Dr Carl Simonton and his wife, a psychologist, led research in the use of visualization in cancer cells lived comparatively longer than those who did not practice imaging. Remember those Type A personalities whom we all thought should be keeling over with heart attacks about now?  Well some of them are, but you're 10 time more likely to have a heart attack if you're a Type D personality --an anxious and gloomy person who moans when he...