In a prior post I presented a new rule. Whenever I make a blog entry that mentions depression, or feeling down, I must then investigate the reasons for feeling this way. My reasoning is that if I learn to identify the triggers for depression then I may be able to avoid those triggers.
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Category Archives: Analysis
A Modest Proposal
I wish to make a modest proposal. I am not sure I fully understand the proposal or how it might work but I want to sketch it out here and then try to develop it further.
The publication How the Brain Works described a Control Centre Network (CCN) and the fact that the brain trauma victim can learn to activate this network and apply it to the performance of tasks previously undertaken by damaged portions of the brain. That, at least, is my understanding.
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Key Understandings
How The Brain Works was very helpful to me. It delivered two key understandings. The first was the role of the “control centre” and the explanation of homo sapiens sapiens ability to over-ride ingrained behaviours and force the body to perform actions it would otherwise refuse to perform.
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