Ok, I have been digging around a bit more trying to see if there is any connection between tea and white matter, and if it can (in large doses) lead to better outcomes for children. (I was easily the most lateral kid at school (And beyond) but I had an absolutely insatiable appetite to drink tea) I haven't really seen anything of merit other than potentially it provides (very hypothetically) a higher level of the required chemical(s) for myelination re glial cells wrapping around the ...
Neuroplasticity - Effectively this is the ability of the brain to change over the life of the subject, you may think your ability is fixed by nature but nuture can change nature somewhat. There are plenty of articles on this subject, but one statement pretty much sums it up (Straight out of wikipedia) Bach-y-Rita believed in sensory substitution; if one sense is damaged, your other senses can sometimes take over. He thought skin and its touch receptors could act as a ...
I have for quite a while believed that the inability to write precisely (neatly as the teacher would put it) is a function of a more distributive mindset, as in effect it lacks greater ability in precision than a more streamlined sensing orientation. A natural progression of this hypothesis is when we look at the likes of Aspergers and see clumsy co-ordination. It would also follow that distributive mindsets are less likely to good at other precision activities, although we would expect practice ...
Scientists say the higher your I.Q., the more you dream.
Well, going to start writing a follow up to the evolutionary advantage of depression. What else is there better to do at 1am... Hopefully I can have it done by 3am. Little research or any info on this topic so I'll have to rely on "intuition" although the less confident would call it mere speculation. At the moment I am working my way through a 100gm jar of coffee a week, even my local shop has picked up on it... hopefully it will be the holy grail ...