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The most exciting frontier in human knowledge right now is the human brain. We focus on sharing research that has a practical bent: food, exercise, sleep, memory improvement, supplements and so on. We also cover personal experiences with brain and mind training. Occasional guest writers share their perspectives on brain enhancement and scientific discovery. Enjoy!

Can You Imagine? A Path to Pain Relief and Peak Performance

1/15/2011

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By Paddy Kamen, Publisher, BetterBrainBetterLife.com

Dr. Les Fehmi, Princeton Biofeedback Centre

What if your mind was like a clear pond, and the thoughts within it darting fish that don’t disturb the surface? What if you had a sense of mental lightness even when you are really busy? What if you could dissolve any physical or emotional pain with just 30 minutes of relaxed attention?

Thanks to the pioneering work of Les Fehmi, an electrical engineer turned psychologist thousands of people have experienced the above, and more.

Fehmi  is a pioneer in EEG technology and its application to human experience. He and Donald B. Lindsey, his mentor in graduate school, discovered how the brains of monkeys process information simultaneously at several sites, rather than linearly, as was previously thought. The ability of the brain to process information simultaneously is known as synchrony.

Building on his and Lindsey’s synchrony discoveries and that of research psychologist Joe Kamiya’s finding that profound states of mental quiet associated with alpha brain waves could be trained with EEG-based feedback, Fehmi hooked himself up to a self-made EEG feedback device and tried to generate alpha wave activity. After 12 two-hour sessions he was getting nowhere. Then, during the 13th session, he became frustrated and gave up in abject failure. As soon as he gave up, the EEG showed clear and significant alpha wave activity. In fact, Fehmi experienced a profound state of consciousness that has fueled his life and work ever since.

Read about Fehmi’s groundbreaking research in my book: Better Brain Better Life: Tips and Tales from the Tantalizing World of Brain Science.

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Mirror Neurons Make Our Brains Look Alike

10/14/2010

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By Guest Writers Pierre Bohn & Corinne Fournier

As we move through our lives our brains constantly interpret the actions and intentions of others. When we see someone pick up a stone, how do we know if it’s a threat?

We also learn from others and sometimes we feel for them. How do we learn by imitation? Why do we feel empathy?

The answers to these questions are found in brain research on neurons.


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