The Enchanted Loom Teasing sturdy threads from

neuroscience masterworks

Teasing 10 threads

from

Susan Greenfield’s…

Thread 1:

“It is better to know some of the questions

than all of the answers.”

(pg. ix)

Thread 2:

“Memories, no less than molecules, are

physical objects, part of the physical

universe, but objects

we are capable of

recognizing under

names other than

those physics

gives them.”

(pg. 3)

Thread 3:

At each stage of your day, various factors drive

an endless succession of brain states, which

are themselves based on very large numbers

of brain cells

working together

for just a fraction

of a second. “Ass-

emblies” are rela-

tively unknown

and under-

investigated. (pg. 4)

Thread 4:

The brain is not a rigid and inflexible building;

instead we should think of it as a heaving ocean

that is some-

times rela-

tively calm,

but some-

times choppy,

churning,

even stormy.

(pg. 45)

Thread 5:

Just to be crystal clear: what I’m suggesting is

that transient configurations of large-scale

neuronal assemblies

throughout the

brain correlate

with varying

degrees of con-

sciousness at

any one moment.

(pg. 50)

Thread 6:

“All truly great thoughts are conceived

by walking.” ~ Friedrich Nietzche

(pg. 53)

Thread 7:

A natural environment spares us relentless

reactivity to the outside world and shapes

our consciousness

more subtly in a

more voluntary,

proactive manner.

Creativity scores

after a 4-day hike

are 50% higher.

(pg. 54`)

Thread 8:

As our brain develops , so the connections

will be shaped by our experiences of the

outside world:

this phenomenon

whereby experience

almost literally

leaves its mark on

our brain is

known as

plasticity.

(pg. 61)

Thread 9:

Emotions must be the most basic form of

consciousness.

(pg. 149)

Thread 10:

A normally active, fully matured prefrontal

cortex will link the past and the future with

the present and provide a bigger cognitive

picture.

(pgs. 138)

Image Credits:

Title Page: http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

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Slide 12 - http://www.bbc.com/earth/columns/the-big-questions

Slide 2 - http://www.nndb.com/people/962/000169455/

Slide 6 - https://fineartamerica.com/featured/stormy-seas-vince-cavataio.html

Slide 5 - http://go.nature.com/2wV8jn2

Slide 11 - https://pixabay.com/en/photos/fire%20heart/

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Slide 14 - http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/23193-personality-traits-brain-scans

Slide 9 - http://goldwallpapers.com/main/1819-image-beautiful-scenery.html

Slide 8 - http://justcuteanimals.com/post/286

Slide 7 - http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2015/06/the-whirling-dervishes-of-cairo/#1

Slide 4 - http://bit.ly/2wOONKt

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