[MD] Social Intellectual

[David Thomas]

On 7/25/10 10:38 AM, "Krimel" <Krimel at Krimel.com> wrote:

> [Dave] 
> An interesting aside on the visual aspect of mirror images the latest issue
> of The Economist has a short blurb on recent research that learning to read
> actual has to rewire the brain to some degree from it's state at birth to
> overcome mixing up letters like d-b-p.
> 
> [Krimel]
> Learning to play tennis "re-wires" the brain, as does meditation, listening
> to the radio and pretty much everything we do. The amount of effort required
> to learn a set of facts or skills is a pretty good indicator of the amount
> of rewiring involved.
[Dave]
The "rewires" analogy may not have been the best. The point of the article
was that the brain permanently changes so the previous visual aspect was no
longer present. While I understand that some research suggests that long
term meditation can permanently, biologically, and physically change the way
the brain functions, I did not know that "everything we do" does that.

Dave