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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 20:31:35 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 21:21:25 GMT
And if you really want to bend your head check out this mind bending point of view: www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/susan_blackmore_on_memes_and_temes.html Susan Blackmore studies memes: ideas that replicate themselves from brain to brain like a virus. She makes a bold new argument: Humanity has spawned a new kind of meme, the teme, which spreads itself via technology -- and invents ways to keep itself alive About Susan Blackmore Susan Blackmore studies memes -- those self-replicating "life forms" that spread themselves via human consciousness. We're now headed, she believes, toward a new form of meme, spread by the
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2009 21:29:07 GMT
Sorry just found another good one: www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.htmlJill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story. About Jill Bolte Taylor Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery
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Post by andy12345 on Jul 20, 2009 2:53:32 GMT
Just letting you know that I did watch part 1, but then I sort of ADD-ed. Should watch the others particularly part 3 I think.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2009 10:26:03 GMT
Andy 12345 The link bellow is good it about general new way at looking at aproach of psychology with exercises that you can try out. General idea seemed to make sense www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology.htmlMartin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become? About Martin Seligman Martin Seligman is the founder of positive psychology, a field of study that examines healthy states, such as happiness, strength of character and optimism
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Post by andy12345 on Jul 22, 2009 16:43:09 GMT
Still going to look at these....
It is amazing how when someone posts something that requires only 5 mins of my unemployed time, I still have troubles. It's like my mind does what it wants. If it finds the vid, then fine, but if someone suggests it, then it's "can't be bothered" etc.
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
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