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Rewiring Your Brain

Rewiring Your Brain

You can make long-lasting beneficial changes to the physical or neurological functioning of the brain. If you like to learn something new or to give up an old bad habit, you can do that in just 3 to 4 weeks. You only have to take one step forward towards your goal every day.

Once you visualize what you want and identify the beliefs that support your intention, you just need to take actions that’ll rewire your brain as per your preferences. However, the final result will depend on your consistency and the intensity of performing those actions.

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Complexity

Complexity

You’ve got more than 100 billion neurons inside your brain transmitting information at the speed of a bullet train. That’s almost equal to the total number of stars in our galaxy!

For all the plans you make, the things you do, and the decisions you take, there are neurons inside your brain ...

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Basically, the tasks that you regularly perform become a part of your subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind stores your skills, experiences, and memories so that you won’t stress your brain every time you perform a regular task. This makes it even easier and faster to switch between the two t...

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A Powerhouse

A Powerhouse

Your brain may only weigh 3 pounds, but it holds the ultimate power that invented the electricity, the telephone, the Internet and millions of other scientific marvels that our world depends upon.

Knowing each and every detail about this powerhouse isn’t easy. Scientists around the world h...

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Placebo Sleep

Placebo Sleep

The placebo effect is one of the most powerful effects in psychology. Moreover, it is widely accepted by medical sciences around the world. A placebo is something that seems to be a real treatment, but it isn’t. It is effective only because of the patient’s belief in the treatment.

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Laugh!

Laugh!

Laughter works in a way similar to antidepressants. A research showed that laughing literally improves your mental health as it releases the feel-good hormones, namely dopamine and serotonin in your brain.

Laughing also helps in decre...

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A Multitasking Myth

A Multitasking Myth

If you think you are great at multitasking, I would say think again. Only 2% of human beings can multitask efficiently. This is because the human brain cannot process information from two different sources at the same time.

You must be thinking that I’m kidding because you multitask every n...

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Attraction Towards Negativity

Attraction Towards Negativity

Your brain is inclined towards negative thoughts. Yes, you’re hardwired to focus on negativity and the reason behind it lies far back in history before civilization.

In ancient times, paying attention to dangerous, negative, and bad things in the world was literally a matter of life and dea...

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Train Your Brain to be Happier

Train Your Brain to be Happier

You can rewire your brain with just 2 minutes a day by writing down 3 new things that you're grateful for every day for 21 days.

Doing so reprograms your brain, allowing it to work more optimistically and more successfully. After 21 days, the brain starts to retain a patter...

Your brain while climbing Everest

As you climb, less oxygen in your blood means less oxygen in your brain.

At 15,000 feet, your cognitive performance, mood, and central nervous system functioning start to lessen. In severe cases, being at high altitude for long periods or without first acclimatizing, you are at a hig...

Your brain predicts your experiences

Your brain predicts your experiences

Your daily experiences is a carefully controlled illusion constructed by your brain. The hallucination creates all your experiences and guides your actions.

This is the way your brain gives meaning to the sensory inputs of your body and the world. You are ...

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