Boomer News: Diabetes & Cognitive Decline
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Health, family | No Comments »A George town Univ. Hosp. 1/29/09 article in USA Today by Stephen Clement reports that people who do not make enough insulin ... or cannot process it ... are prone cognitive decline and Alzheimer's. This should be of interest to you ...
Are you a que sera sera person?
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 Posted in family | 2 Comments »Que sera sera in French loosely means; "What ever will be ... will be." If you are imaginative and inquisitive, it is difficult to just accept things the way they are. Many times at work I was hitting my head ...
Neuroplasticity part III Rewiring the Brain
Sunday, January 25th, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness, family | No Comments »As I get into this blog about rewiring your brain, I need to remind you kids that grandpa is not a neuroscientist. These are my thoughts ... and not necessarily "expert thoughts" on the subject. Since I had dyslexia I ...
Neuroplasticity part II Inheritance
Saturday, January 24th, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness, family | No Comments »Who you are, in the more general sense, is the result of natural selection and millions of years of evolution. Kids, this is Darwin's 200th birthday and his theory are being celebrated this year. You may not have heard of ...
Boomer News looks at Neuroplasticity part I
Friday, January 23rd, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness | No Comments »Neuroplasticity is a new science kids. A science which is revealing our extraordinary potential to transform ourselves. The exciting message in the new books on the subject, is that you can use your mind to change your brain. It's very encouraging to ...
Which came first?
Sunday, January 11th, 2009 Posted in Brain, consciosness | No Comments »Which came first kids? The first conscious abstract thought or language? Was it possible to have an abstract conscious thought without language? (And here I transgress) ... a question that I now ask my self when I start a blog is; will ...
Brainy thoughts
Sunday, January 4th, 2009 Posted in consciosness, cosmology | No Comments »Kids, In my August 5, 2007 blog I suggested, "There's nothing new under the sun". In that blog I was suggesting that with about 6.5 billion people in the world and about 20% using the Internet, it's becoming difficult to have what ...