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Tero Toivanen

Creativity and the Aging Brain | Psychology Today Blogs - 0 views

  • So instead of promoting retirement at age 65, perhaps we as a society should be promoting transition at age 65: transition into a creative field where our growing resource of individuals with aging brains can preserve their wisdom in culturally-valued works of art, music, or writing.
  • Numerous studies suggest that highly creative individuals also employ a broadened rather than focused state of attention. This state of widened attention allows the individual to have disparate bits of information in mind at the same time. Combining remote bits of information is the hallmark of the creative idea.
  • Other studies show that certain areas of the prefrontal cortex involved in self-conscious awareness and emotions are thinner in the aging brain. This may correlate with the diminished need to please and impress others, which is a notable characteristic of both aging individuals and creative luminaries.
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  • Finally, intelligence studies indicate that older individuals have access to an increasing store of knowledge gained over a lifetime of learning and experience. Combining bits of knowledge into novel and original ideas is what the creative brain is all about.
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    The aging brain resembles the creative brain in several ways. For instance, the aging brain is more distractible and somewhat more disinhibited than the younger brain (so is the creative brain). Aging brains score better on tests of crystallized IQ (and creative brains use crystallized knowledge to make novel and original associations).
Catherine Plano

A Reflection of YOU… - 0 views

Perception is ProjectionWhat does this mean? It means that your perception of people or situations around you is truly a projection of what is going on inside your mind.This is why two people can w...

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started by Catherine Plano on 12 Nov 15 no follow-up yet
Catherine Plano

The art of allowing... - 0 views

What is the art of allowing?When you feel negative emotions whether it's anger, fear or frustration, that is a sign that you are in a place of not allowing or in a state of resistance. When you are...

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Catherine Plano

Thoughts are things... - 0 views

What is a thought?A thought is an electrical impulse, which fires up your neurons that are your brain cells. Neurons are electrical excitable cells that process and transmit information via your fi...

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Habits mastered!!! - 0 views

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Catherine Plano

Can I See You? - 0 views

To be vulnerable, by that definition, is hard to see as a good thing. The word exposed is not always one that people find themselves comfortable being. However there is a power like no other t...

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started by Catherine Plano on 25 Nov 15 no follow-up yet
Hypnosis Training Academy

How to Create Influence Channels in the Mind - Part 1 - 0 views

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    Interested in discovering how to master hypnotic influence and create powerful channels in the mind using emotion, logic, and reasoning? Yes? Well, we have got good news for you as Hypnosis Training Academy has created an in-depth guide that explains the heart of influence, the Influence Strategy Tree and the 5 branches of influence that fall under it. With this guide, you will get a very clear sense of how you can effectively use hypnosis to carve influence channels in people's mind. This 2-part guide on hypnotic influence also takes you through strategic influence techniques to generate a positive change in your subjects and clients. Intrigued? Visit HypnosisTrainingAcademy.com today to discover what is the role of influence when used in hypnosis….
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Poznaj Siebie - Jak poznać siebie? | Blog psychologiczny - 0 views

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    Polish psychology blog with educational materials for students and people interested in self-development.
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