On the question of mental practice, meditation and athletic training: I noted yesterday that the great Olympic star Michael Phelps was seen as a child who lacked the necessary focus to 3rd grade academic tasks. With that in mind, much made of the fact that Phelps was diagnosed with ADHD and it was [...]
The Platform: 2008 Bejing Olympics
The Twitter: Brain Training for Gold Medals and more!
The Application: Meditation, Mental Practice, Attention and Awareness Training (AAT)
A recent article in the New York times noted Michael Phelps’s 3rd grade teacher extending congratulations to Phelps and his family for the gold medal success. As we learn, Phleps in his early years [...]
The Platform: AUSTRALIA, 2008
The Twitter: The Brain Makes Culture; Culture Makes the Brain
The Application: Art and Design
It’s a rainy afternoon in Melbourne Australia and the subject of the embodied brain finds new avenues of discussion. I am down under, here to lecture on “neuroaesthetics in art and design” at universities in Sydney and Melbourne, where the question of the ënculturated [...]
BODIES IN SPACE
RT @sciam Prescription for a Healthier Brain: Coffee and Cigarettes? http://bit.ly/cMk7SZ - posted on 08/09/2010 12:57:15