“I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The DATA pyramid and The Tail On The Donkey Game Remember the kids party game – Stick the tail on the donkey? […]
Category Archives: Brain
In the 1980s the neurophysiologist Benjamin Libet demonstrated that activity in the brain’s motor regions can be detected some 300 milliseconds before a person feels that he has decided to move. Another lab recently used functional magnetic resonance imaging data to show that some “conscious” decisions can be predicted up to ten seconds before they […]
The term ‘Self Directed Neuro-Plasticity’ was coined by Dr Jeffrey Schwartz and refers to our ability to change the wiring in our brains. Dr Schwartz presents the theory that the human ‘MIND’ is an independent identity that can shape and control the functioning of the physical brain. We play an active role in how our […]