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Taylor PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18278303528975879059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3354125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-51065953508726797072024-01-06T11:31:00.000-08:002024-01-06T11:31:59.817-08:00<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKGjipCx2jwp9RfBlI3wzDAIjb37Ky9DC5SkK11pxDh2u7XdR_ids2WGwnkJgHS0P5vv2zryQyR9LpkgD6Heg1LHBJ1W4v516_iVPI04Hgj2WbRsrMpjDdeLLxub01TbZr5v4T_w5BhjZ3VnvioINPxF4dvq5jEIYfRR4h1lcipQ-7g6pfU-SJ7xB3hs/s473/Arlene%20Brain%20close.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="410" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKGjipCx2jwp9RfBlI3wzDAIjb37Ky9DC5SkK11pxDh2u7XdR_ids2WGwnkJgHS0P5vv2zryQyR9LpkgD6Heg1LHBJ1W4v516_iVPI04Hgj2WbRsrMpjDdeLLxub01TbZr5v4T_w5BhjZ3VnvioINPxF4dvq5jEIYfRR4h1lcipQ-7g6pfU-SJ7xB3hs/w71-h81/Arlene%20Brain%20close.jpg" width="71" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Please subscribe to Dr. Taylor's</b> </span><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">YouTube Channel</span></b><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Dr. Taylor's current YouTube video series:</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; tab-stops: 73.8pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Brain Secrets - Ask Dr. Taylor<sup>TM</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; tab-stops: 73.8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;">EQ Magic - Ask Dr. Taylor<sup>TM</sup></span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; tab-stops: 73.8pt 190.85pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ask Dr. Taylor in the DMs<sup>TM</sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; tab-stops: 73.8pt 190.85pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ask Dr. Taylor - Brain Bytes<sup>TM<o:p></o:p></sup></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; tab-stops: 73.8pt 190.85pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Birds ‘n Brains<sup>TM</sup></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; tab-stops: 73.8pt 190.85pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Please note. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGTBChveftLHI3czNUEQgU22iPDzcQXk9HXjS6FVaHDsYTQkBZpZqxliMejkmgYd8QwyhMNnbiR84NbO99dLLLplcgbFowFwU2oRvOhCnj8Tw4V-0lWtmWA2CN2v7BguGhAFBAE3XA5l3xrovujClnA47Kt-R0hsJfLXfFs8Ro-YuZmvdtCrZaMkySe0/s529/ART%205591%20small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="513" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGTBChveftLHI3czNUEQgU22iPDzcQXk9HXjS6FVaHDsYTQkBZpZqxliMejkmgYd8QwyhMNnbiR84NbO99dLLLplcgbFowFwU2oRvOhCnj8Tw4V-0lWtmWA2CN2v7BguGhAFBAE3XA5l3xrovujClnA47Kt-R0hsJfLXfFs8Ro-YuZmvdtCrZaMkySe0/w61-h58/ART%205591%20small.jpg" width="61" /></a></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr. Taylor's weekday blog has been retired. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Click on "Older Posts" to access </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3,373 previous blogs. </span> </p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-5881746086998964842023-12-21T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-21T09:00:00.248-08:00Dieting & the Brain<p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1inlNQkhIYgq-iV9hrlX0616oHyAjmn2OtCUxTyjC-dj2Na3766LT00G0KbSdloq_kF06SqVhfdDz3ORESPJGKHJD2vPblHEMX1lwPMtDd-guNiK24SkgVfsW3Z37mErXNaqPcOvXCb5NlK322RnuKzyfr2GaJ3AphwIND1tQZR4k6D_5mzZhyE1RrOo/s251/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="251" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1inlNQkhIYgq-iV9hrlX0616oHyAjmn2OtCUxTyjC-dj2Na3766LT00G0KbSdloq_kF06SqVhfdDz3ORESPJGKHJD2vPblHEMX1lwPMtDd-guNiK24SkgVfsW3Z37mErXNaqPcOvXCb5NlK322RnuKzyfr2GaJ3AphwIND1tQZR4k6D_5mzZhyE1RrOo/w114-h104/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" width="114" /></a></i></div><i>Every month or so I go on a crash diet.
That lets me eat whatever I want for three weeks and diet the fourth week.
Someone just told me that dieting damage. Is that really true?</i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Studies
have shown that weight-loss diets can impact the brain negatively in several
ways. It can disrupt the synthesis or creation of neurotransmitters, alter
brain chemistry, and trigger mental-processing problems. According to the
author of <i>20/20 Thinking,</i> you can shed smarts as well as pounds when
going on crash diets or rapid-weight-loss diets. (e.g., less than 1000 calories
per day) Dieting can starve the brain of serotonin, which can trigger a cycle
of dieting and bingeing as there is insufficient serotonin to signal
satisfaction. According to author Faith Hickman Brynie, dieting starves the
brain of serotonin. This can trigger a cycle of dieting and bingeing—as there
isn’t enough serotonin to signal satisfaction. I would suggest you could be healthier by eating moderately all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-89740453797352041662023-12-20T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-20T09:00:00.346-08:00To diet or not to diet<p class="MsoNormal"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1inlNQkhIYgq-iV9hrlX0616oHyAjmn2OtCUxTyjC-dj2Na3766LT00G0KbSdloq_kF06SqVhfdDz3ORESPJGKHJD2vPblHEMX1lwPMtDd-guNiK24SkgVfsW3Z37mErXNaqPcOvXCb5NlK322RnuKzyfr2GaJ3AphwIND1tQZR4k6D_5mzZhyE1RrOo/s251/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="251" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1inlNQkhIYgq-iV9hrlX0616oHyAjmn2OtCUxTyjC-dj2Na3766LT00G0KbSdloq_kF06SqVhfdDz3ORESPJGKHJD2vPblHEMX1lwPMtDd-guNiK24SkgVfsW3Z37mErXNaqPcOvXCb5NlK322RnuKzyfr2GaJ3AphwIND1tQZR4k6D_5mzZhyE1RrOo/w133-h122/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" width="133" /></a></i></div><i>I’ve gone on endless diets and always gain it all
back, sooner or later. I always wonder “Why?”<o:p></o:p></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That is the question for millions of individuals. Samuel Beckett has been quoted as saying, ‘Probably nothing
in the world arouses more false hopes than the first four hours of a diet.’
Those concerned about their weight can get caught in dieting traps.<em><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">
</span></em>UCLA researcher Stuart <cite><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Wolpert reported that </span></cite>dieting
does not work. By their very nature diets are designed to fail. Initially you
many lose a few pounds as the brain and body respond temporarily to something
new and different. But dieting cannot be maintained over time, especially when
it involves food deprivation. Within a space of just two to three years, most
eventually gain back everything they lost—often more—and risk damaging brain
and body systems in the process. <span lang="EN">A
study published in the journal American Psychologist found that dieting does
‘not lead to sustained weight loss or health benefits for the majority of
people.’</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b><span style="color: windowtext;">Thank
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos"><b>https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos</b></a> </p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-38267209614981412372023-12-19T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-19T09:00:00.151-08:00Obesity & Alzheimer’s Risk<p><b><i><span style="color: windowtext;"></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1inlNQkhIYgq-iV9hrlX0616oHyAjmn2OtCUxTyjC-dj2Na3766LT00G0KbSdloq_kF06SqVhfdDz3ORESPJGKHJD2vPblHEMX1lwPMtDd-guNiK24SkgVfsW3Z37mErXNaqPcOvXCb5NlK322RnuKzyfr2GaJ3AphwIND1tQZR4k6D_5mzZhyE1RrOo/s251/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="251" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1inlNQkhIYgq-iV9hrlX0616oHyAjmn2OtCUxTyjC-dj2Na3766LT00G0KbSdloq_kF06SqVhfdDz3ORESPJGKHJD2vPblHEMX1lwPMtDd-guNiK24SkgVfsW3Z37mErXNaqPcOvXCb5NlK322RnuKzyfr2GaJ3AphwIND1tQZR4k6D_5mzZhyE1RrOo/w132-h120/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" width="132" /></a></i></b></div><b><i>Please
tell me there is not a link between being obese and an increased risk of
Alzheimer’s.</i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="color: windowtext;">I could tell you that. However, it would not align
with current research. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext;">Maintaining an optimum weight is a vital part of
protecting your health. Studies of 8,000 twins found that being overweight
doubled the risk of dementia, while being obese quadrupled that risk. Estimates
are that reducing risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, obesity, and
inactivity by 25% could prevent half-a-million cases of Alzheimer’s annually in
the USA. The goal is to stave off the disease long enough so you can live life to
its fullness without ever suffering Alzheimer's symptoms. (Gary Small, MD. <em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Alzheimer's Prevention Program)</span></em></span></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-47138546950726114532023-12-18T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-18T09:00:00.143-08:00Your Odortype<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i></i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPW9UTDR8DXnz4qi_UPLdNp7bW9PaUVFca6otc1ZG826sEK3xi7DdQ9_KYJWYG2elbQM1f_d1IgJ4uSyVr8OtJfWaVhzYHQ5isl8UqPnEsd5uEZeUtvtHtwQyjS6q1hNvFctkHmtvjM3KgyO4WCniKy62tWSVDe0i0ET7fi4C0SwOgJy3CnQAHeTLjpk/s473/Arlene%20Brain%20close.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="410" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPW9UTDR8DXnz4qi_UPLdNp7bW9PaUVFca6otc1ZG826sEK3xi7DdQ9_KYJWYG2elbQM1f_d1IgJ4uSyVr8OtJfWaVhzYHQ5isl8UqPnEsd5uEZeUtvtHtwQyjS6q1hNvFctkHmtvjM3KgyO4WCniKy62tWSVDe0i0ET7fi4C0SwOgJy3CnQAHeTLjpk/w125-h145/Arlene%20Brain%20close.jpg" width="125" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>We spent a week with close friends during Thanksgiving. Now my
husband tells me, "You smell different." What causes that?</i></b><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Your
genetically determined body odor or Odortype, acts like an <a href="http://www.livescience.com/10457-smell.html"><span style="color: black;">olfactory</span></a> nametag, helping to
distinguish one person from another. What can alter your odortype? If you eat a great deal of garlic,
it can impact your breath for 24-28 hours, and if you are sweating a lot,
sometimes it can temporarily alter the odor of your sweat. Many people are
familiar with stress-related odors. When you are stressed, you tend to secrete
more apocrine from the apocrine sweat glands in your armpits. In combination
with the bacteria on your skin, this milky fluid, most commonly secreted in the
presence of emotional stress, can create a rather unpleasant odor. Drinking
plenty of fluids, practicing good body hygiene, using appropriate deodorants,
and taking appropriate steps to manage emotional stressors, can help reduce
these stress-related odors. Some very rare conditions can impact one’s
odortype, as well. For example, a genetic disorder known as <span lang="EN">trimethylaminuria (TMAU) affects about 1 in 200,000 people. They
don’t process trimethlamine efficiently and it tends to build up in the body,
resulting in a fishy odor in urine, sweat, reproductive fluids, and breath.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span><b><span style="color: windowtext;">Please
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p><br /></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-43534503303608014722023-12-15T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-15T09:00:00.144-08:00Can Intuition be Improved?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1inlNQkhIYgq-iV9hrlX0616oHyAjmn2OtCUxTyjC-dj2Na3766LT00G0KbSdloq_kF06SqVhfdDz3ORESPJGKHJD2vPblHEMX1lwPMtDd-guNiK24SkgVfsW3Z37mErXNaqPcOvXCb5NlK322RnuKzyfr2GaJ3AphwIND1tQZR4k6D_5mzZhyE1RrOo/s251/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="251" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1inlNQkhIYgq-iV9hrlX0616oHyAjmn2OtCUxTyjC-dj2Na3766LT00G0KbSdloq_kF06SqVhfdDz3ORESPJGKHJD2vPblHEMX1lwPMtDd-guNiK24SkgVfsW3Z37mErXNaqPcOvXCb5NlK322RnuKzyfr2GaJ3AphwIND1tQZR4k6D_5mzZhyE1RrOo/w126-h116/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" width="126" /></a></div><b><i>My friends and I have an ongoing argument: can intuition be improved? What's your take?</i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In his book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Answers for
Aristotle</i>, Massimo Pigliucci pointed out that <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">research on intuition has clearly shown that it is a domain-specific
ability. This means that a person can be very intuitive about one thing but
just like an average person about other things. Intuition can often be improved with
practice. To use it effectively, however, intuition needs to be combined with
rational thought and analysis. Here are some ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">Take a walk. Sometimes intuitive thoughts will surface or
solutions to problems pop up.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">Learn to recognize and pick up on changes in your body
quickly. If suddenly your body signals a sense of uneasiness, ask yourself what
that dis-ease is trying to tell you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">Pay attention to your hunch and evaluate it. Does it fit
within your moral values? Is there some way it could benefit you? If it appears
to be safe, take a small step in that direction and evaluates where it leads.</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">Spend a few minutes daydreaming and pondering a question in
your mind and pay attention to what your mind perceives.</span></p>
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some male-female differences have been identified related to intuition?</span></i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span style="color: windowtext;">Intuition studies have shown that females seemed
more attuned to intuitive information from the heart and were more responsive
to prestimulus information than were males. Processes in the prefrontal cortex
were moderated by the heart. In general, females appear to process the
prestimulus more frontally; males process it more in the posterior portions of
the brain. The bottom line: the heart and the brain together are linked in the
actions of receiving, processing, and decoding intuitive information. The
concluding hypothesis was that intuition is a system-wide process in which the
heart and the brain (and possibly other body organs or systems) are involved
together in responding to intuitive information. According to the author of </span><i style="color: windowtext;">The Intuitive Compass</i><span style="color: windowtext;">, Francis Cholle,
the best decisions result from a combination of intuition and rational
thinking. Unfortunately, many disregard their intuitive hunches—to their
detriment.</span> </span></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-23210651753650861122023-12-13T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-13T09:00:00.143-08:00Benefits of Intuition<p><b><i></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKUZ_VzuS1ZE5QOYl_E5tPXvIuQccEHurV-6cKDAiBf1DHOGLO64gi6Hprh0SeTizX6Moo9UVVJeclJ0ZdSU3K2Lb2H5YEY3hWGMRnwRtITSuLtiKKd6PUw0XR8v6qG5ZJ4JY2j6IBqbGoOsdo-6RgRX2Qsd4nAfUzmn1dEuZI9eGjsJMBhEBEOXdv48/s251/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="251" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKUZ_VzuS1ZE5QOYl_E5tPXvIuQccEHurV-6cKDAiBf1DHOGLO64gi6Hprh0SeTizX6Moo9UVVJeclJ0ZdSU3K2Lb2H5YEY3hWGMRnwRtITSuLtiKKd6PUw0XR8v6qG5ZJ4JY2j6IBqbGoOsdo-6RgRX2Qsd4nAfUzmn1dEuZI9eGjsJMBhEBEOXdv48/w101-h92/Arlene%20sm%20brain.jpg" width="101" /></a></i></b></div><b><i>Does the function of intuition really have any benefits to human beings?</i></b><p></p><p><span style="color: windowtext;">According to French Philosopher Henri Poincare, through
science we ‘prove’, while through intuition we ‘discover.’ Human brains have a
built-in ability to pick up on patterns and respond to them in a nanosecond in
the form of intuitive insights. What have studies shown about the benefits
intuition can provide:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">Augments your analytical brain in decision making</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Opens your brain to new ideas that can lead to success<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Enhances your ability to identify potential dangers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Assists with brainstorming and problem-solving<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Assists in identifying your life vision and goals<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote>
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close connection between the heart and the brain. Is the heart ever involved in
intuition?</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="color: windowtext;"><i><br /></i></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext;">Until very recently the
prevailing belief was that intuition was related only to the brain and nervous
system. Recent studies have found surprising electrophysiological evidence of
intuition with a definite heart component. Researchers discovered that the
heart appears not only to receive intuition information but also to respond to
it. Furthermore, the heart is directly involved in processing the information
about a future emotional stimulus seconds before the body actual experiences
the stimulus. At times, the heart seems to receive intuitive information even
before the brain. In the brain, the prefrontal cortex, temporal, parietal, and
occipital regions all appear to be involved with the processing of the
information. So, the brain and the heart may work together—at least sometimes—to
produce the flashes of insight or the gut feelings by which intuition is
characterized.</span></span></div>
<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><br /><p></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-26266212078728419472023-12-11T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-11T09:00:00.147-08:00Definition of Intuition<p><b><i><span style="color: windowtext;"></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwsoulou904FINmGUjjA4vZJtgdzQ9N1WOYao0LmwiYinK6dN9qu8xzu5MtJ0-VJYfQcFAE3hVXWU8wqkd7sWeThsR9zKVjH49RzBB7t6e_BJFxlYwpKf6xk1s6fxnX4ulMnx7TtTGHE9-uOna1e8tKIoqm_O5LzXcEBmJORGXk8eL_J6ME8kNnKVKFM/s473/Arlene%20Brain%20close.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="410" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwsoulou904FINmGUjjA4vZJtgdzQ9N1WOYao0LmwiYinK6dN9qu8xzu5MtJ0-VJYfQcFAE3hVXWU8wqkd7sWeThsR9zKVjH49RzBB7t6e_BJFxlYwpKf6xk1s6fxnX4ulMnx7TtTGHE9-uOna1e8tKIoqm_O5LzXcEBmJORGXk8eL_J6ME8kNnKVKFM/w108-h125/Arlene%20Brain%20close.jpg" width="108" /></a></i></b></div><b><i>Is there a universal definition of Intuition?</i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Each person may have his or
her own definition of intuition. This brain function is difficult to define—at least
with a definition that is recognized universally. According to Sophy Burnham,
author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Art of Intuition</i>,
intuition is the subtle knowing without ever having any idea how or why you
know it. Intuition is different from thinking, from logic, or analysis. It is a
type of knowing without knowing. Scientists believe that intuition is always
there, whether or not you are aware of it. An article published in the Journal
of Alternative and Complementary Medicine defines intuition as a process by
which information that is normally outside the range of cognitive processes is
immediately sensed and perceived in the body and mind as certainty of knowledge
or feeling about the totality of a thing distant or yet to happen. This
experience is very different from the processing of normal awareness that
occurs incrementally. Intuition is a sense of the whole all at the same time.
It can generate a positive sense of excitement or a negative sense of dread. In
working with women who have been date raped, I cannot count the number of times
I heard variations on a theme. For example: “When he picked me up, I had this sudden dis-ease about going on this date. Too bad I dismissed the thought.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: windowtext;">Perhaps because don’t yet
come close to understanding the brain and how it functions, it is difficult to define human intuition </span>precisely <span style="color: windowtext;">. Many individuals have had an intuitive flash
of insight or gut awareness of something that had not yet occurred—only to have
that insight or gut awareness proven later on to be correct. The common belief
has been that intuition was primarily a function of the brain or mind. How to
explain what has happened, however, is a horse of a different color. There have been studies about intuition. The </span><a href="http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/navy-program-to-study-how-troops-use-intuition/" target="_hplink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">military launched studies related to the power of intuition</span></a>,<span style="color: windowtext;"> and the staff who made intuitive decisions during
combat that ended up saving lives. Add that to a plethora of anecdotal reports, and it appears that intuition is an important factor in human interactions and may
form the basis for many everyday decisions—although often unrecognized as such.
Even when not discussed, most people have a sense that intuition exists.
Reportedly Steve Jobs said that intuition was more powerful than intellect.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: windowtext;">You might:</span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> - </span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext;">Have a strong
impression that you need to take a specific action immediately</span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;"> -<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">Perceive an
internal mental picture about something only to recognize it in reality some later
on</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: windowtext;">Mentally ‘hear’
or sense that you need to stop something that you are currently doing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: windowtext;">Experience a
strong physical sense in your body as an aversion toward or an affinity to
something or someone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: windowtext;">Experience a
flash of insight or perceive a solution to a problem when you are day-dreaming
or doing an unrelated task<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: windowtext;">Dream about
something literally or symbolically, in which case you would need to ponder the
symbols and sort out what the dream might be trying to tell you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: windowtext;">Disregard an
impression and later on realized you needed to pay attention to it<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: windowtext;">Some suggest that when you
dream about people you know, the dream is really about characteristics in those
individuals that also apply to you, positive or negative, which gives you the
opportunity to evaluate your behaviors and course correct as necessary.</span></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-9817345872376904732023-12-06T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-06T09:00:00.138-08:00Dreaming & Intuition<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color: windowtext;"></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV31S7wsUl1CYlvtwhKIZyKMKiPGPS6zDgnpiPhF-CxY6Y2YUJAS0HJKpKxXi_VeQEodFAMzKCRDfoquFt9n82nKaM0CmJTlh3vRfEjLGK2AwjMpwDrj8iELKwxpCkAByo7QIFwt3GbME81ufT6AWNgFG80y7H5gNVANf2WQsMDTjlyjvRiF4AxAPnHI/s460/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="359" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV31S7wsUl1CYlvtwhKIZyKMKiPGPS6zDgnpiPhF-CxY6Y2YUJAS0HJKpKxXi_VeQEodFAMzKCRDfoquFt9n82nKaM0CmJTlh3vRfEjLGK2AwjMpwDrj8iELKwxpCkAByo7QIFwt3GbME81ufT6AWNgFG80y7H5gNVANf2WQsMDTjlyjvRiF4AxAPnHI/w87-h112/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" width="87" /></a></i></b></div><b><i>Can intuition help you come up with a
new idea in a dream?<o:p></o:p></i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">According to
Encyclopedia Britannica, German chemist </span><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">August Kekule von Stradonitz (1829–1896) is famous for
having clarified the nature of aromatic compounds, which are based on the
benzene molecule. He claimed to have had a dream while dozing in which he saw
the figure of a snake that seized its own tail in its mouth, giving Kekule the
idea for the benzene ring.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">James Dewey Watson, KBE
(hon.), an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist and a
co-discoverers of the DNA structure, reportedly got the idea from a dream.
Reportedly he dreamed of a double sided spiral staircase—which makes sense when
you recall that the spiral DNA strands look something like a twisted ladder.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="color: windowtext; text-indent: -0.25in;">According to
NOVA, one night Einstein was riding home in a Bern streetcar. L</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; text-indent: -0.25in;">ooking back at the famous clock tower
that dominated the city, he imagined the streetcar racing away from the clock
tower at the speed of light. His ponderings eventually resulted in the theory
of relativity (events that were simultaneous in one frame of reference were not
necessarily simultaneous in another) and the world's most famous equation,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">E
= mc<sup>2</sup>.</span></em></span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos"><b>https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos</b></a> </p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-22160284468644700722023-12-05T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-05T09:00:00.150-08:00Location of Intuition<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV31S7wsUl1CYlvtwhKIZyKMKiPGPS6zDgnpiPhF-CxY6Y2YUJAS0HJKpKxXi_VeQEodFAMzKCRDfoquFt9n82nKaM0CmJTlh3vRfEjLGK2AwjMpwDrj8iELKwxpCkAByo7QIFwt3GbME81ufT6AWNgFG80y7H5gNVANf2WQsMDTjlyjvRiF4AxAPnHI/s460/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="359" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV31S7wsUl1CYlvtwhKIZyKMKiPGPS6zDgnpiPhF-CxY6Y2YUJAS0HJKpKxXi_VeQEodFAMzKCRDfoquFt9n82nKaM0CmJTlh3vRfEjLGK2AwjMpwDrj8iELKwxpCkAByo7QIFwt3GbME81ufT6AWNgFG80y7H5gNVANf2WQsMDTjlyjvRiF4AxAPnHI/w120-h153/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" width="120" /></a></div><b style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Can
you help me understand more about intuition? Like, where is it in the brain?</span></i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="color: windowtext;">Intuition can be described as an
instinctive </span><span style="background: white; color: #202124;">sensation about
something. I</span><span style="color: windowtext;">ntuition is believed linked
with the right frontal lobe. All undamaged human brains are believed to contain
the mental faculty of intuition. However, it may be a bit like a sense of humor, which is also linked with the right frontal love. Meaning, that function is present, but it typically needs to be honed. The female brain is believed to have a sixth
sense of intuitive knowing because of the global way in which their brains are
wired. According to </span>neuroscientist
Beatrice de Gelder, PhD, humans all process things that they’re not consciously
aware of—it’s a sensation of ‘knowing.’ Because humans are also so dependent on
a sense of sight, they are not used to trusting their internal intuitive vision
track. Joy Hirsch, PhD, director of the fMRI Research Center at Columbia
University Medical Center has been reported as saying, “If you find yourself in
a situation where you feel nervous, your brain may have spotted a reason for
concern without you even knowing it. Pay attention to the sensation.” It can be
life-saving.</p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-61204146491402531982023-12-04T09:00:00.000-08:002023-12-04T09:00:00.136-08:00Information Inflation<p><b><i><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV31S7wsUl1CYlvtwhKIZyKMKiPGPS6zDgnpiPhF-CxY6Y2YUJAS0HJKpKxXi_VeQEodFAMzKCRDfoquFt9n82nKaM0CmJTlh3vRfEjLGK2AwjMpwDrj8iELKwxpCkAByo7QIFwt3GbME81ufT6AWNgFG80y7H5gNVANf2WQsMDTjlyjvRiF4AxAPnHI/s460/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="359" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV31S7wsUl1CYlvtwhKIZyKMKiPGPS6zDgnpiPhF-CxY6Y2YUJAS0HJKpKxXi_VeQEodFAMzKCRDfoquFt9n82nKaM0CmJTlh3vRfEjLGK2AwjMpwDrj8iELKwxpCkAByo7QIFwt3GbME81ufT6AWNgFG80y7H5gNVANf2WQsMDTjlyjvRiF4AxAPnHI/w127-h163/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" width="127" /></a></i></b></div><b><i>My doctor
says my mother (who has Alzheimer’s) is experiencing something called Information
Inflation. Can you explain that in plain English?</i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="color: windowtext;">According to studies by the National Institute of Health, </span><span style="background: white; color: #212121;">individuals with Alzheimer’s disease
(AD) are more susceptible to certain kinds of memory distortions as compared to
healthy older adults. Imagination inflation is a specific type of memory
distortion in which people are more likely to falsely remember that an item has
been seen or an action has been performed when it has only been imagined in
their brain or mind’s eye. For example, the individual may mistakenly believe
they took their medications, turned off the stove, locked the door or any
number of other actions when in reality, they have only thought about or imagined
actually doing these actions.</span></p>
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tend to do the same things repeatedly instead of branching out and trying
something new?</i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i></b><span style="color: windowtext;">The Mere Exposure Effect, also described as the Familiarity
principle, posits that we tend to develop preferences for things simply because
we become familiar with them. The more familiar you are with something, the more
likely you are to repeat it. Studies have shown that </span><span style="color: #334445;">individuals are more likely to adopt ideas that they are
repeatedly exposed to, especially by the media.</span> Sometimes this is a helpful
thing—as in developing healthy habits. Sometimes it is an unhelpful thing—repeating
old habits instead of an option with which the individuals is initially
unfamiliar. Learn to become aware of what you do and ask yourself if this is a
good path to continue to follow or it would be better to take a new path and
learn new skills.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: windowtext;">A new video is posted every Saturday morning</span></b></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos</b></a> </p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-5095907600681615262023-11-30T09:00:00.000-08:002023-11-30T09:00:00.137-08:00Familiarity Misattribution Theory<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span color="windowtext" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOUgDrX1wPv_69pXHPbeIGVyOxBAc9Q4I_ajuHvQhUD2crc9t93mqvr672VneRTX96NMqF7WnRusR2T83RDka-MlQSWdhk0L4h56j3cnrzmwRO9ZuThwcglMgF3b2AUzKinQVqKhiB99G_ymFPdQcBoo1upMQWkCIQlNOAsbTsVk96d5R_F5HUMIPT7M/s460/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="359" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlOUgDrX1wPv_69pXHPbeIGVyOxBAc9Q4I_ajuHvQhUD2crc9t93mqvr672VneRTX96NMqF7WnRusR2T83RDka-MlQSWdhk0L4h56j3cnrzmwRO9ZuThwcglMgF3b2AUzKinQVqKhiB99G_ymFPdQcBoo1upMQWkCIQlNOAsbTsVk96d5R_F5HUMIPT7M/w114-h146/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" width="114" /></a></b></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I went to
read your blog last week and couldn’t find it. Are you still writing every week
day?</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span color="windowtext" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oh my! I thought I had written and posted blogs for the week
of Thanksgiving. That sometimes happens when I see things clearly in my mind’s
eye and then later on thought I had actually done it! According to an article in
the </span><i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Journal of Experimental
Psychology, </span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the familiarity misattribution theory posits
that “the imagination inflation effect is likely to occur because </span><span style="color: #040c28;">imagining an event increases familiarity with that event</span><span style="background: white; color: #202124;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">. This familiarity is then misattributed and
interpreted as evidence that the event actually occurred.</span>” Apparently,
this phenomenon is more likely to occur with activities that frequently occur.
I write a blog every weekday. Thinking about doing that ended up as a
perception that I had actually done it for the Thanksgiving week—which,
incidentally, I took off from work. I regret you didn’t find a blog! Now we both
know the reason! <o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;"> Guess what? I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 12pt;">just
decided that I will take off the week between Christmas and New Year’s from
writing blogs, as well! My brain will enjoy the break! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I am quite sure
my brain will be watching and listening for things I can write about when I begin again on January 1st, 2024.</span></span></p>
<span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span><p></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-63211245175442379982023-11-29T09:00:00.000-08:002023-11-29T09:00:00.141-08:00Obesity Prevention<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c4245;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c4245;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFNBAux6BftBo7n6UP8ksZrsAKuY2wJnr3Kimr8QSBbp6om5l3W_Q6QCWlAv_EsuwQWZkHRyi1T4l2h230Yqj9F7625kk7BMStZ_PavNPTFBEvsx4oPW6N-U5s9cMNn5GuDW_rzoWSS13k3zyeIwkNQbaSLKeWmjXwfoonqG7NrKQ-PlOm9z1WpZie8k/s460/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="359" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFNBAux6BftBo7n6UP8ksZrsAKuY2wJnr3Kimr8QSBbp6om5l3W_Q6QCWlAv_EsuwQWZkHRyi1T4l2h230Yqj9F7625kk7BMStZ_PavNPTFBEvsx4oPW6N-U5s9cMNn5GuDW_rzoWSS13k3zyeIwkNQbaSLKeWmjXwfoonqG7NrKQ-PlOm9z1WpZie8k/w126-h162/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" width="126" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #3c4245;">The World Health Organization has
pointed out that at the individual level, people can take steps to limit energy
intake from total fats and sugars, and increase consumption of fruit and
vegetables, as well as legumes, whole grains and nuts. They can engage in
regular physical activity (60 minutes a day for children and 150 minutes spread
through the week for adults). At the societal level it is important to support
individuals in following the above, through population-based
policies that make regular physical activity and healthier dietary choices
available, affordable, and easily accessible to everyone, particularly to the
poorest individuals. The food industry COULD play a significant role in
promoting healthy diets by: Reducing the fat, sugar, and salt content of
processed foods; Ensuring that healthy and nutritious choices are available and
affordable to all consumers; Restricting marketing of foods high in sugars,
salt and fats, especially those foods aimed at children and teenagers; Ensuring
the availability of healthy food choices and supporting regular physical
activity practice in the workplace.</span><p></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos"><b>https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos</b></a> </p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-56607010749532710442023-11-28T09:00:00.000-08:002023-11-28T09:00:00.131-08:00Obesity Links<p><span style="color: #3c4245;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFNBAux6BftBo7n6UP8ksZrsAKuY2wJnr3Kimr8QSBbp6om5l3W_Q6QCWlAv_EsuwQWZkHRyi1T4l2h230Yqj9F7625kk7BMStZ_PavNPTFBEvsx4oPW6N-U5s9cMNn5GuDW_rzoWSS13k3zyeIwkNQbaSLKeWmjXwfoonqG7NrKQ-PlOm9z1WpZie8k/s460/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="359" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOFNBAux6BftBo7n6UP8ksZrsAKuY2wJnr3Kimr8QSBbp6om5l3W_Q6QCWlAv_EsuwQWZkHRyi1T4l2h230Yqj9F7625kk7BMStZ_PavNPTFBEvsx4oPW6N-U5s9cMNn5GuDW_rzoWSS13k3zyeIwkNQbaSLKeWmjXwfoonqG7NrKQ-PlOm9z1WpZie8k/w95-h122/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" width="95" /></a></div>Obesity
is a disease impacting most body systems. It is now linked with more than 50
chronic diseases that affect the heart, liver, kidneys, joints, and
reproductive system. It leads to a range of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs),
such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke,
various forms of cancer, as well as mental health issues. People with obesity
are also three times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19. <span style="color: windowtext;">WHO has
stated that<b> </b></span><span style="color: #3c4245;">overweight and obesity, as well as their related
noncommunicable diseases, are largely preventable. Supportive environments and
communities are fundamental in shaping people’s choices, by making the choice
of healthier foods and regular physical activity the easiest choice (the choice
that is the most accessible, available and affordable), and therefore
preventing overweight and obesity. Children are exposed to high-fat,
high-sugar, high-salt, energy-dense, and micronutrient-poor foods—which tend to
be lower in cost but also lower in nutrient quality—on TV and in movies, in
stores, and even in their own homes. These dietary patterns, in conjunction
with lower levels of physical activity, result in sharp increases in childhood
obesity.</span><p></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-42875425165041977572023-11-27T09:00:00.000-08:002023-11-27T20:44:30.467-08:00World Obesity Day<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkyt-fi3QCy-JIu5Kk92xmTB7k149K2A-yP4hilm6mZv1kU1iqBdv4xm8qKR-xa8T0rHfPSWBGwzuHQ-XvTqph2nZL4gfUwsPxhHUpmlrzl-BPoSKjZ7y_5iYwhVepuz-5IRwPk2YMInL1XNnSrro3ITCH7tGJzJwt56CekE3Ja8SYTcoiMwH6uYaYW8/s460/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="359" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWkyt-fi3QCy-JIu5Kk92xmTB7k149K2A-yP4hilm6mZv1kU1iqBdv4xm8qKR-xa8T0rHfPSWBGwzuHQ-XvTqph2nZL4gfUwsPxhHUpmlrzl-BPoSKjZ7y_5iYwhVepuz-5IRwPk2YMInL1XNnSrro3ITCH7tGJzJwt56CekE3Ja8SYTcoiMwH6uYaYW8/w117-h150/Website%20pic%20%231.jpg" width="117" /></a></div><b><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">World
Obesity Day</span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><i><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I would have
thought your brain was more sensitive and would not mention obesity in any of
your presentations. Do you want people to feel bad? Why even talk about it?</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="color: windowtext;">Actually, I want people to feel good. I talk about it because
I have devoted much of my life to providing information to help individuals
stay younger and healthier for longer. I would prefer that individuals avoid
developing one or more of 50+ chronic diseases that are now linked with chronic
inflammation and obesity They may choose not to turn the information into
practical and applied knowledge, but at least they can make an informed choice.
On World Obesity Day in 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a
news bulletin that contained some staggering information. </span><span style="color: windowtext;">Did you know that more than 1 billion people worldwide
are obese: 650 million adults, 340 million adolescents</span><span style="color: windowtext;">, </span><span style="color: windowtext;">and 39 million children—and those numbers are increasing?
WHO estimates that by 2025, approximately another 167 million people—adults and
children—will become less healthy because they are overweight or obese.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos</b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-17434203497663694752023-11-17T09:00:00.003-08:002023-11-17T09:00:00.147-08:00Research ...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOH6X_II6Qt7o6M8pGX-Y3Ou9U6f7Q0q-d23XOifiVLf3o-heWv4f5TNFTXOWkVVifp4sQw4fIy_HnVrmtWICfEYrahZGxDhPmNLU-5rTk6LZzHDg6MnMaoexFhPdi23h30z4j9unfpKklZ05_w4RubSCsLUldWHFzaN_o7sTn7iR6Y9UCzH4Xhz554o/s263/Arlene2Gmail2-01.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="203" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOH6X_II6Qt7o6M8pGX-Y3Ou9U6f7Q0q-d23XOifiVLf3o-heWv4f5TNFTXOWkVVifp4sQw4fIy_HnVrmtWICfEYrahZGxDhPmNLU-5rTk6LZzHDg6MnMaoexFhPdi23h30z4j9unfpKklZ05_w4RubSCsLUldWHFzaN_o7sTn7iR6Y9UCzH4Xhz554o/w141-h183/Arlene2Gmail2-01.jpg" width="141" /></a></div><b><i><span color="windowtext" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I always
defined </span></i></b><b><i>Theology is what you think in
your head, Religion as what you do with your hands, and Spirituality is what
you perceive in your heart. Is that right?</i></b><p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;">I believe there are others who would ascribe to those definitions. My brain’s opinion is that
there is no one way to define these concepts. There may be as many ways as
there are individuals inhabiting Planet Earth. According to studies by Andrew
Newberg, a Neuro Theologian, and Mark Waldman, co-authors of a book entitled <em><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">How God Changes Your Brain, </span></em>Americans
are becoming less religious but more spiritual as they embrace images of a
universe that is scientific yet mystical. Studies at the University of
Pennsylvania Center for Spirituality and the Mind regarding the effects of
different spiritual practices have shown that individuals who regularly engaged
in these spiritual practices exhibited significant improvements in memory,
cognition, and compassion, along with a reduction in anxiety, depression,
irritability, and stress. You may want to explore Practical Applications for
more ideas and comments. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">https://www.arlenetaylor.org/resources/practical-applications/brain-bent/7337-spirituality</b></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span color="windowtext" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span color="windowtext">A new video is posted every Saturday morning</span></b></p>
<p class="blogentrykey-points-item" style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span color="windowtext" face=""Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-34013313158434781892023-11-16T09:00:00.001-08:002023-11-16T09:00:00.141-08:00Higher Power<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOH6X_II6Qt7o6M8pGX-Y3Ou9U6f7Q0q-d23XOifiVLf3o-heWv4f5TNFTXOWkVVifp4sQw4fIy_HnVrmtWICfEYrahZGxDhPmNLU-5rTk6LZzHDg6MnMaoexFhPdi23h30z4j9unfpKklZ05_w4RubSCsLUldWHFzaN_o7sTn7iR6Y9UCzH4Xhz554o/s263/Arlene2Gmail2-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="203" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOH6X_II6Qt7o6M8pGX-Y3Ou9U6f7Q0q-d23XOifiVLf3o-heWv4f5TNFTXOWkVVifp4sQw4fIy_HnVrmtWICfEYrahZGxDhPmNLU-5rTk6LZzHDg6MnMaoexFhPdi23h30z4j9unfpKklZ05_w4RubSCsLUldWHFzaN_o7sTn7iR6Y9UCzH4Xhz554o/w127-h164/Arlene2Gmail2-01.jpg" width="127" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I<i>’ve always
thought of my higher power as a force outside of myself that is more powerful
and knowledgeable, but I’m not sure exactly what that is for me.</i></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some researchers talk about a baby’s mother initially functioning
as that child’s higher power, a force outside itself that the infant perceives cares
for it, loves it, and is all powerful. By adulthood, children eventually transfers
that maternal higher-power connection to a force outside of themselves, often
depending on how they were raised. It could be a religious being or a universal
power. Christians call their Higher Power “God.’ Other religious beliefs may
use a different name such as Allah. Still other belief systems have a plethora
of ‘gods’ for different reasons. Some individuals make powerful substances
their higher power, the leader of a popular political power, a charismatic
faith healer, successful sports figure, or a country’s dictator. Some individuals
worship money, wealth, notoriety, beauty, genius, and so on. It appears that an
individual’s “higher power” can be whatever that person chooses to transfer
their initial childhood “higher power” perception to—animate or inanimate. You
choose.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: windowtext;">A new video is posted every Saturday morning</span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos"><b>https://www.youtube.com/@braingurutaylor/videos</b></a> </span></p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-87802431209955272402023-11-15T09:00:00.001-08:002023-11-15T09:00:00.138-08:00Brain Wiring for Connection<p class="blogentrykey-points-item" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOH6X_II6Qt7o6M8pGX-Y3Ou9U6f7Q0q-d23XOifiVLf3o-heWv4f5TNFTXOWkVVifp4sQw4fIy_HnVrmtWICfEYrahZGxDhPmNLU-5rTk6LZzHDg6MnMaoexFhPdi23h30z4j9unfpKklZ05_w4RubSCsLUldWHFzaN_o7sTn7iR6Y9UCzH4Xhz554o/s263/Arlene2Gmail2-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="203" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTOH6X_II6Qt7o6M8pGX-Y3Ou9U6f7Q0q-d23XOifiVLf3o-heWv4f5TNFTXOWkVVifp4sQw4fIy_HnVrmtWICfEYrahZGxDhPmNLU-5rTk6LZzHDg6MnMaoexFhPdi23h30z4j9unfpKklZ05_w4RubSCsLUldWHFzaN_o7sTn7iR6Y9UCzH4Xhz554o/w139-h180/Arlene2Gmail2-01.jpg" width="139" /></a></div>Studies are showing that from rodents to
humans, their social environment shapes them. Their brains are wired with an
innate need to connect. If social bonds are severed during childhood, the
individual can experience long-term problems. Studies have shown that a child’s
spirituality connection is shaped primarily by their mother’s and grandmother’s
spiritual practices. Children with a spiritual connection were 90% less likely
to be depressed as teens or young adults. This did not necessarily mean the
children were required to go to church regularly but that their mother’s
spirituality, including how she prayed, was what made the difference. In her
book “The Spiritual Child,” the author points out that the innate need to
connect must be nurtured—“the essential sense of a transcendent power in the
world, one that will love, guide, and accept them and wrap them in a protective
layer of self-worth, has to be nurtured.” Women, mothers and grandmothers
especially, appear to be central to the spiritual development of children and
their sense of spirituality and connection with a higher power.<p></p>
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a variety of supposedly successful 12-step programs that acknowledge a “higher power”
but that are not aligned with any specific religion. Are those religious or spiritual
programs and do they work?</span></i></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></i></b><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial;">According to M. Scott Peck, the human brain comes with an
innate desire to align with someone or something powerful outside of it the
self. He wrote in his book “People of the Lie,” that individuals who have not
been able to get in touch with their innate spirituality, often settle for
“spirits” instead. Studies reportedly have shown that of all the
alcohol-recovery programs surveyed, 12-Step Programs have been the most
successful in helping individuals stop drinking alcohol. They do talk about a
Higher Power “as each individual perceives it,” and provides group meetings to
help hold individuals accountable for their choices. That approach seems to
work. Defining spirituality as the spirit with which one lives life, could
align with this 12-step approach</span>.</span> </p>Arlene R. Taylor, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12316154924811874989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323158421134297809.post-60771557826954490132023-11-13T09:00:00.001-08:002023-11-13T09:00:00.141-08:00Spiritual or Religious<p><b><i><span style="color: windowtext;"></span></i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAI8WbEr8uH8NuCfFys2fK0GP3NWqy-HnmLWk_RLFXceoNZ-5g5JmX49q4xGxhNq63Q7FqOvFJwslwIHWNFw5Y3PESi6zpfvauIV9T2tEOJ-SWF_itmejTIuzYdYewtSDfm10Je-N9WRsKJ-iND3pvnIJdhd_WHNeEr8NtuLtnzsP3BDxN8kOMnpHfuU/s263/Arlene2Gmail2-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="203" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAI8WbEr8uH8NuCfFys2fK0GP3NWqy-HnmLWk_RLFXceoNZ-5g5JmX49q4xGxhNq63Q7FqOvFJwslwIHWNFw5Y3PESi6zpfvauIV9T2tEOJ-SWF_itmejTIuzYdYewtSDfm10Je-N9WRsKJ-iND3pvnIJdhd_WHNeEr8NtuLtnzsP3BDxN8kOMnpHfuU/w126-h163/Arlene2Gmail2-01.jpg" width="126" /></a></i></b></div><b><i>Is there
a difference between spirituality and religiosity?</i></b><div><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div><div><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p> I</o:p></span><span style="color: windowtext;">n the past, spirituality and religiosity have been
lumped together as one in the same in many research studies. Recently,
researchers are attempting to separate these two functions. Some define
spirituality as the spirit with which you live life, finding your purpose and
meaning in life. Religiosity can be defined as subscribing to a body of beliefs, practices,
and style of worship. Ostensibly, the purpose of religion was intended to help individuals develop their spirituality and put it into daily
practice. This means that the two concepts may be combined by some individuals.
It also means that there are very spiritual individuals who do not align with a
specific religion as well as those who practice religiosity but are not very
spiritual. </span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="color: windowtext;">Please
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