The Neuro-Protective Lifestyle

How To Recession Proof Your Brain: The Emotional Side Of Money

Posted on 16. Nov, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

“I have always been fascinated by the law of reversed effort.
Sometimes I call it the “backwards law.”
When you try to stay on the surface of the water you sink;
but when you try to sink you float.
When you hold your breath you lose it—”
Alan Watts—
The Wisdom Of Insecurity
Inside The Head Of [...]

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Have You Seen My Ventral Tegmental Area?

Posted on 02. Mar, 2008 by Kerry Friesen, M.D..

Not yet. But thanks to the advent of fMRI (functional MRI) it won’t be long before total strangers are methodically scrutinizing hemodynamics (blood flow) within various regions of the brain to bypass conscious cognitive processing and asking the question, “you’re not lying are you”? Forget Total Recall where memories are simply erased and [...]

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