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Exercise Tip: Pick up a small item. Look at it. Observe the color, shape, and texture. Listen for the sound it makes when you tap on it. Notice the patterns. Does it have a taste or smell? What does it feel like? Describe in words aloud all the sensations you feel—the color as the light bounces on your eyes, the sound waves beating on your ear drums, the texture as the skin on your fingertips touch the object. A minute of paying specific attention can improve your sensations, mood, and relaxation. When we remember an event, we remember certain types of sensations—the color of the car that hit us, the shape of the tree that fell in the wind storm, the feeling of salt water on our feet as we walked on the sandy beach, or the color of the shirt we were wearing when we got engaged. Medical research indicates that our perception of sensations in the moment as well as our memory of events can improve with practice. Here are two exercises that focus on color and shape recognition and improving memory. ... Request a Free PDF copy of the full article via email Burnham, Kimberly (2017 11 01). "Memory, Color, and the Visual Cortex of the Brain." ABI Magazine, Acquired Brain Injury Email Kimberly Burnham at [email protected] Mention your top 8 health goals for 2018 for a free report on how you can feel better with easy self-care exercises. [Full Article] https://issuu.com/debbiest.jean/docs/arm_20fall_20issue_202017 OR ttps://www.academia.edu/35561260/Memory_Color_and_the_Visual_Cortex_of_the_Bra Connect with Kimberly Burnham on Social Media or Email for a Free Report on Brain Health Exercises, Mention your top 8 Health Goals for 2018. 
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Exercise Tip: Go outside in the morning light and look around at things that are moving in time: swaying trees, cars, people, flying birds, waving flags. Feel for the beating of your heart or the rhythm of your breathing. Do you feel yourself in sync with the universe? People complain about being slaves to time—being on time. There is a clock inside each of us—our brains, our bodies, right down to our cells—that is syncing up every moment to the world around us. Our cells and brain notices the words we use and the way the light changes as the sun circles the sky. "If we’re having lunch, you and I will unconsciously pick up our forks more or less at the same time. There’s a great study about two people playing the game WhackAMole. Even though they were competing against each other, their movements fell into synch, even at the expense of losing points. They would unconsciously work toward this synchrony. If I watch a video of two people talking, I will be able to tell, unconsciously, how friendly they are, based on the extent to which their movements fall into synch with each other," said Alan Burdick, speaking about his book, Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation. In movies where it seems that a child is mimicking the actions of an adult the actors are actually doing the opposite because it is easier for the adult to mimic what the child is doing than to ask a five year old to adjust the flow and rhythm of how they move, even if the scene is portrayed that way. Try this: pair up with someone, stand facing each other, and take turns following the other person's hand movements. How hard is it? Do you get better over time? Many rhythms in the body, known as circadian rhythms or circa (about) dian (a day) regulate our physiology on a 24 hours cycle. The most prominent cycle is the sleep-wake cycle. When these rhythms are disrupted the ability to sleeping deeply and waking up rest and ready to go, suffers. In a 2016 article researchers noted, "Circadian rhythms modulate many physiologic processes and behaviors. Circadian disruption [in rats] induced by constant light exposure has been discovered to produce pathophysiologic [disease] consequences after brain injury. Our results showed that 14 days of constant light exposure after TBI significantly worsened the sensorimotor [sensation and muscle movement] and cognitive deficits, which were associated with decreased body weight, impaired water and food intake, increased cortical lesion volume, and decreased neuronal survival [further brain damage]. Our novel findings suggest that light exposure should be decreased and circadian rhythm reestablished in hospitalized TBI patients." (Li, D., S. Ma, et al. (2016). "Environmental Circadian Disruption Worsens Neurologic Impairment and Inhibits Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Adult Rats After Traumatic Brain Injury." Cell Mol Neurobiol 36(7): 1045-1055. Our relationship to time can be balanced by paying attention to the kind and amount of light we are exposed to. Sunlight in the morning and no screens for at least the 30-60 minutes before we plan to go to sleep are a key to sleeping better. Request a Free PDF copy of the full article via email Burnham, Kimberly (2017 03 01). "Balancing the Brain and Being On Time." ABI Magazine, Acquired Brain Injury https://abimagazine.wordpress.com/. Email Kimberly Burnham at [email protected] Mention your top 8 health goals for 2018 for a free report on how you can feel better with easy self-care exercises. [Full Article] https://issuu.com/debbiest.jean/docs/arm_spring_issue_volume1-issue2 Connect with Kimberly Burnham on Social Media or Email for a Free Report on Brain Health Exercises, Mention your top 8 Health Goals for 2018.  |
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