The Neuroscience Of Regret
By The About my Brain Institute on 27 May 2013
How our brains learn to let go of regret as we age - and why some people don’t. We often associate regret with old age – the tragic image of an elderly person feeling regretful over opportunities forever missed.
Innovation Is Just A Habit
By Nils Vesk on 2 May 2013
Most of us operate habitually day to day. In our organisations we follow processes, have little rituals and habits about what we think, and what we do. Not all our habits are great, many are good (they help us get where we are) and others are not so good (they stop us from growing and …
Living With Epilepsy
By The About my Brain Institute on 15 March 2013
Hello, I am a 40 year old woman who was diagnosed with epilepsy from the age of 21.
What Is Epigenetics And Why Should I Care?
By The About my Brain Institute on 1 March 2013
Really, what is epigenetics? And, why should anyone care? Let me ask you this first, have you felt like you have been or someone in your life has been a victim to their genes and DNA? Have you or someone you know had heart disease, cancer, diabetes or any other inherited disease and t …
When We Are Shy
By Silvia Damiano on 20 January 2013
When I was young, I usually tried to hide behind my mum’s skirt while queuing at the supermarket's cashier so people would not engage in conversation with me.
The Pleasure Of Food
By The About my Brain Institute on 1 September 2012
Yum… the pleasure of food: Food can be a mere necessity for some, and a great passion for others. Food activates pleasure circuits in the brain, just like an addictive drug does.
The Pleasure Of Exercising
By The About my Brain Institute on 7 August 2012
It’s understandable that there are pleasures for food, drugs gambling, or sex. Some people, however, find the pleasure from exercise more difficult to comprehend, let alone achieve. Exercise undoubtedly provides extremely good health benefits, including cardiovascular benefits, blood …
Pleasure Of Sex
By The About my Brain Institute on 3 August 2012
The brain’s pleasure centre indicates to us when something is pleasurable and then enforces the desire to achieve that certain feeling again. Certainly this is applicable to all pleasures, but in this instance, we will relate it to sex.
What About Drugs And Pleasure?
By The About my Brain Institute on 29 July 2012
Pleasure is a large part of our lives, and we as humans, spend an enormous amount of time aimed at chieving pleasure. There are some pleasures that are obviously good for us, and are essential to basic survival. Then there are other pleasures, which are not. Causing more than 600 deat …
The Pleasure Of Chocolate
By The About my Brain Institute on 6 June 2012
When hearing the word “chocolate”, what comes to your mind first? Aaahhhh, …ohhhhh, wonderful, delicious, sensual….. Those are just the most common adjectives and utterings I usually hear.
What Turned You On Today?
By Silvia Damiano on 9 May 2012
For those familiar with brain principles, neuroscientists have identified that our brains know how to do one of these two things very well: avoid pain or seek pleasure. As humans, we have always pursued pleasure as an essential part of our survival, devoting time and resources to get …
On Entrepreneurship & The Creative Brain
By Silvia Damiano on 2 May 2012
“Being an entrepreneur means you have to wear many hats”, say the experts. I would like to suggest that being an entrepreneur requires the person to have the ability to use brain circuits that he/she may not have explored before.