tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34049130.post1669437038128467011..comments2024-03-18T08:24:48.823+01:00Comments on The Tapir's Tale: Notes on "Your Brain at Work"Anders Janmyrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16081537018884349622noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34049130.post-10550018784624919582013-01-03T09:00:05.138+01:002013-01-03T09:00:05.138+01:00@Philip, Interesting, any links to where I can fin...@Philip, Interesting, any links to where I can find more information?Anders Janmyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081537018884349622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34049130.post-42827143870924261042013-01-02T18:38:23.657+01:002013-01-02T18:38:23.657+01:00It really helps to jot down notes or draw things s...It really helps to jot down notes or draw things so we cannot forget important details that are needed to be remember. Saw a discussion of National Geographic on how our brain works, and surprisingly, we have a lot of not permanent memories. They are just recalled images which we associate with. Now I know why a lot of us say "Isn't this deja vu?"Phillip Mariohttp://www.rudolflaw.com/author/phillipmario86.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34049130.post-23262970304144614982012-07-19T08:32:50.596+02:002012-07-19T08:32:50.596+02:00@avadeaux, I'm glad you liked the posts. I'...@avadeaux, I'm glad you liked the posts. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the book when you have read it.Anders Janmyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081537018884349622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34049130.post-58453756418759603252012-07-15T17:46:09.714+02:002012-07-15T17:46:09.714+02:00Great thanks for this post, and also the previous ...Great thanks for this post, and also the previous one! I got a lot out of reading them, and, perhaps most importantly, this one got me to get the book. I just read the first "scene" in the bathtub, and I soon had to get up and get a notebook to write down the ideas that popped into my mind based on the new insights I was getting.<br /><br />I also realized one thing that I got wrong from your post: the advice to do something physical to get a mental break. It's not the first time I have heard this, and I have tried it many times. I now realize why many times it hasnt't worked at all. The scenario is that I am, usually, at my desk, feeling mentally exhausted after thinking hard abaout something, and needing a break. Then, sometimes I have "done something physical" like took a walk in the stairs, down and back up to the floor, and sat down at my desk again, not feeling any less mentally exhausted at all, rather the reverse. Of course, I now realize, because the mental exhaustion has in fact been physical: by thinking hard, I have exhausted the glucose in my blood. By walking in the stairs, I just used up even more clucose! Physical that uses up energy is supposed to be used for another, longer, kind of breaks, to help against another kind of exhaustion.<br /><br />That was just an example from what I learned from the first fourteen pages.avadeauxhttp://twitter.com/avadeauxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34049130.post-12393825979025438822012-05-31T14:13:08.483+02:002012-05-31T14:13:08.483+02:00@Ashwin, You're welcome :)@Ashwin, You're welcome :)Anders Janmyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081537018884349622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34049130.post-22609844639859663982012-05-30T23:49:26.774+02:002012-05-30T23:49:26.774+02:00Thanks for sharing!Thanks for sharing!Ashwin Jayaprakashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14487665820971997426noreply@blogger.com