Category: your brain in forte
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You’re a very purple person: synesthesia, as told by Wednesday is Indigo Blue – Your Brain in Forte – 3
(Disclaimer: a less common post type. More of a bullet point summary than a written article) Synesthesia: a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway Synesthete: a person with synesthesia Some basic information from the book: An example of a classic…
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Anxiety, panic, and how to get out of the house: taking control of anxiety – Your Brain in Forte – 2
Did you lock the door to your house today? How about your windows? Are you sure? Maybe that’s not quite correct. You should check again. Oh, they still haven’t changed? But maybe you should check one more time. And— And that’s anxiety. Maybe you’re worrying about someone breaking into your house. Maybe you’re worrying about…
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Teeth, oatmeal, memories: habit-building and routines, as told by The Power of Habit – Your Brain in Forte – 1
You don’t need toothpaste. No matter how advertisements tell you toothpaste is a necessary step in your nighttime (or morning, or daytime) routine, it hasn’t been this way forever. It’s obvious once you think about it—of course we don’t need toothpaste. We went years, decades, centuries, millenia without toothpaste. Not to say that we don’t…
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