ADDITIONAL BRAIN FACTS

ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX acc weighs options, makes decisions. It's the worry - wont centre and it is larger in women than in men.
PREFRONTAL CORTEX PFC The queen that rules the emotions and keeps tham from going wild. It puts the brakes on the AMYGDALA. Larger in women, and matures faster also in women than in men by one to two years.
INSULA, the centre that processes gut feelings, it is larger and more active in women.
HYPOTHALMUS , the conductor of the hormonal symphony, kicks the gonads into gear. Starts pumping earlier in life in women.
AMYGDALA, the wild beast within the instinctual core, tamed only by the PFC, larger in men.
PITUATARY GLAND, produces hormones of fertility, milk production and nurturing behaviour. Helps turn on the Mummy brain.

DID YOU KNOW ?

More than 99 per cent of male and female genetic coding is exactly the same. Out of 30,000 genes in the human genome, there is less than 1 per cent variation between sexes is small. But that percentage difference influences every single cell in our bodies from the nerves that register pleasure and pain to the neurons that transmit perception, thoughts, feelings and emotions. To the observing eye, the brains of females and males are not the same. Male brains are larger by about 9 per cent, even after correcting for body size. In the 19th century scientists took this to mean that women had less mental capacity than men. Untrue...women and men have the same number of brain cells. The cells are just packed more densely in women sort of cinched in corset like into a smaller skull !

THE BRAIN WAVE FACTS
THETA 4-7.9 HZ - Dreaming sleep, REM sleep, increased production of catecholamines (vital for learning and memory, increased creativity. Integrative, emotional experience potential change in bahaviour increased retention of learned material. Hypnoagogic imagery trance, deep meditation access to unconscious mind.

DELTA - 1-3.9 HZ
Dreamless sleep. HG Hormone released. Deep trance like non physical state loss of body awareness. Access to unconscious and collective unconscious mind. 4 categories of brain wave patterns.

BETA 14-30 HZ
Concentration, arousal, alertness, cognition. Higher levels associated with anxiety, feelings of unease of separation, fight or flight.

ALPHA

8-13.9 HZ

Relaxation super learning relaxed focus, light trance, increased serotonin production. Sleep pre waking drowsiness, meditation, beginning to access unconscious mind.

Other pages:

This is the text-only version of this page. Click here to see this page with graphics.
Edit this page | Manage website
Make Your Own Website: 2-Minute-Website.com