ADHD as a brain network dysfunction: IM as a tool to ā€œfine tuneā€ and control this network.

ADHD as a brain network dysfunction"ā€IM as a tool to "fine tune" and control this network. The explosion of research on large scale brain networks, and the "resting state" or "default mode or default network" Ā in particular, has been dizzying. Ā  I previously reviewed key brain network research describing the interaction...

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You are a time machine

p>You are a time machine

Time and space are the two fundamental dimensions of our lives. All forms of human behavior require us to process and understand information we receive from our environment in either spatial or temporal patterns. Even though mental timing (temporal processing) research is in a stage of infancy (when compared to spatial processing) important insights regarding the human brain clock have emerged.
Below is a list (albeit incomplete) of some of the major conclusions regarding the human brain clock. The sources for these statements come from my review of the temporal processing and brain clock literature during the past five years. Most of this information has been disseminated at the Brain Clock blog or the Brain Clock Evolving Web of Knowledge (EWOK). The goal of this post is to provide a Readers Digest summary of the major conclusions. This material can serve as a set of “talking points” at your next social event where you can impress your friends and family as you explain why you use the high-tech IM “clapper” (with a cowbell tone no less) either as a provider or as client.
Our brains measure time constantly. It’s hard to find any complex human behavior where mental timing is not involved. Timing is required to walk, talk, perform complex movements and coordinate information flow across the brain for complex human thought. Think about moving your arm and hand to grasp a coffee cup. Ā  The messages to perform this task originate in your brain, which is not directly connected to your arm, hands and fingers. The ability to perform the necessary motor movements is possible only because the mind and extremities are connected via timing. Precisely timed neural messages connect your brain and extremities. Ā  You are a time machine.

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The Brain Clock: The brain clock as a “jack-of-all-trades” brain mechanism that can be fine-tuned to improve human performance

In my inaugural IM-Home blog post (Brain Clock: My journey to understand the science of mental timing interventions), I concluded with the following statement: "I am now convinced that the IM-effect is impacting a fundamental and critical cognitive mechanism (or set of mechanisms) involved in a wide array of human cognitive...

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