Leuty Parker

Tag: #brain

  • Because AI is so woke right now

    You’ve likely noticed I’ve shared plenty of posts about AI, it’s a key part of my niche, blending fashion with technology alongside content on health maintenance (diabetes and TBI). This post continues that focus, while also keeping readers up to date with developments from a more professional perspective.

    Speculation has increasingly shaped global markets since the 1980s, as investors discovered that hype can generate greater returns than underlying business performance. This dynamic fuelled a series of boom-and-bust cycles — from the dot-com era to cryptocurrencies, NFTs and now AI — with AI investment currently driving much of the recent growth in the S&P 500. Yet, like previous speculative waves, signs suggest the AI surge may also be vulnerable to correction, even as investors begin searching for the next trend to replace it.

  • Future Directions

    If you’ve been following my blog (or even seen some posts) you might have understood that I HATE being out of work.

    Aside from lack of income, the main issue was lack of direction. Lack of objective. Most mornings, I’d wake, and think “there’s no reason for me to get out of bed”.

    So, both wishing to make others’ who are in my position’s life’s easier (grammar?), along with something to actually do, I started this blog.

    As well, it has clarified where my priorities are. What I find important. What makes me, me.

    The amount of tumult in spells of posting frequently, to nothing for weeks, helped me realise that this is perhaps, more of a recreation activity.

    BUT…..

  • Space vs the brain

    “Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believer how vastly, hugely, mindbogly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the street to the chemist, but that’s just peanuts to space, to space …..”

    If space is big in area, the brain is equally as big in terms of function. “I mean, you may think it’s a long”…. A good comparison to the brains function would be; if you think that juggling 5 penknives, during saying the alphabet backwards, in French.

    In both thinking, conscious thoughts, the subconscious “house cleaning” (think; blinking).

    But, when you break your brain, you have to start from the bugging, leaving these things one by one.

    Like learning how to master juggling, how to choose the ideal weight of penknife to juggle with, as well as starting how to say the alphabet in French and how to do this backwards.

    One by one… simples.

    In theory.

  • Para/sympathetic Nervous System

    Both reflect each other’s roles;

    Sympathetic:

    The “fight or flight” response must sound familiar… a LARGE burst of energy.

    Gets you “pumped up”. Very much a motivation inspirer. it controls your body’s response during times of stress.

    ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!

    Para-:

    Totally opposite.

    This makes you relaxed. “Chilled out”. But as it is the opposite of “sympathetic”, it can restores the body. Returning it back to a state of calm.

  • Lying

    How do we know if we’re hearing the truth from someone. It has very to do with the actual content they say, that gives them away. The theory goes;

    55% is Body Language (subliminal micro actions people don’t even know they are doing…. So can’t help)

    38% voice (digitals including pitch, speed, tone & volume. All uncontrollable)

    7% content

    It really is not what they say…. It’s not how they say it.

    Like it or not , you’re subconscious will always tell the truth, no matter how you try.

  • Radio voice

    The auditory system (how you perceive stuff you hear) reacts to low frequency sounds very differently to high frequency tones, like squeezing Kinetic like we react when products are in different colours.

    Low frequency sounds (like late night DJ voices) have a response in the brain where both the sound & the receiver’s brain are attuned, where both are equal low frequency. Adapting to each-other.

    With high frequency, there’s is not such connection, when they can’t keep up

  • Habit loop

    It is theorised that the way we act, in particular in habits, forms a loop. Where one action goes on to the next, the final has the end goal of the first action & it creates a loop. So the loop goes like this:

    Cue.

    Craving.

    Response.

    Reward.

    My version of this, subconsciously, is my reaction when my mum clears her throat (which I hate); she clears her throat > I click my fingers (I know it really annoys her) > she thinks I do it consciously. This is me just venting about her….

    This could be translated into a Pavlovian response. If you don’t know this, this is quite famous “ dogs”.

    Pavlov showed, in this experiment, that animals (including humans) could have a learned response. In this case, he used dogs, by starving them, so they’re really hungry, then filling a bowl with food that feed them, the association being the sound of his shoes, him walking to fill the bowl with food, would equal the desire to eat.

    I wonder if I can use this Pavlovian technique in my recovery; build a routine which becomes so regular that it becomes automatic. I do it without having to think.

  • Acetylcholine

    For those who don’t know what acetylcholine (a chemical messenger)is, it sounds like it’s made up, it actually exists. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter.

    It’s is at its highest in REM sleep (that is rapid eye movement) & just when you wake up.

    Its function is that it helps your brain retain information when you’re awake. What it does is keep the information there.

    It is known for problems with your brain like Alzheimer’s disease & Parkinson’s.

    This chemical was the first neurotransmitter (messages to & from the brain to cells) discovered. So neurotransmitters

    Imbalances in levels of acetylcholine play a role in some neurological conditions. People who have Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease tend to have low levels of acetylcholine.

    There is no proven way to maintain ideal levels of acetylcholine and prevent neurological diseases. However, researchers are developing advanced treatments to help people with these health conditions live longer, healthier lives.

    In this article, we look at how acetylcholine is linked with various health conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, myasthenia gravis, and Parkinson’s disease. We also discuss treatments for acetylcholine-related conditions.

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  • The C7 Spinousg Process Tip

    This one’s quite technical…. But unlike other parts of the cervical vertebrae (neck region), the C7 is a the part that protrudes behind the spine, towards the skin. It’s located at the back of the neck.

    Because it’s pretty visible & can be felt at the base of the neck, it’s a signpost of the skeleton. The C7 is the biggest vertebrae in the neck are.

    Because it’s so obvious & protruding, it is more vulnerable. So that’s probably how mines a bit broken, & damaged my brain.

  • Right & Left Brain

    I saw this great TED talk earlier today & it really inspired this post & made me want to share with my readers information. It talked about the brain, which made me interested because I have had a brain injury. I want to know everything about everything, too. I digress…what happened to the talker is that she had a stroke, which she went on to analyse.

    A good analysis, focussing on those who know coding, the right brain is like a parallel processor & as it’s very different yet somehow the same, the left brain is like a serial processor.

    The right brain is about the present. It’s is more about the senses, what the present looks like, sounds, smells & feels like. How I picture it is that the right cortex is the creative side. It thinks in pictures.

    Left side of the brain thinks more linearly. Like methodically. All the things we’ve learned in the past, & uses that to imagine how the future can pan out. That side means that the person exaggerates their individuality.

    A great way of putting it is telephone numbers; there are some people who remember phone numbers by what the combination of pressed buttons make, they are using their right side of the brain more. Some just remember the numbers in a linear form. These use the left side.

    In this link it goes into more speech and language details; I have minimal damage of my speech & language .

    You can see the full talk on the link below. https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_my_stroke_of_insight#t-274632