Training the Brain for Happiness

Training Your Brain to Get Happy by Teresa Aubele, PhD, San Wenck, EdD, and Susan Reynolds
Intro and Chapter 1: Happiness Is All In Your A Brain

• The happiest people are those who have learned how to train theirs brains to be happy
• Studying the brain has led to more research on what things like happiness really are
• General definition for happiness: pervasive (spread out) and long lasting sensation of well-being
• Money can only go so far when dealing with happiness. 
• Generally the only long lasting happiness that money can provide is when a person is moving up from below the poverty line to middle class; that's most likely because it's not easier for that person to fulfill their basic needs
• Neuroplasticity helps increase happiness because it allows us to change our brains to think more positively. Without neuroplasticity, training the brain to be happier would probably be impossible
• The brain can be reshaped by thoughts; for example, by just thinking more positive thoughts, your brain can rewire itself to be more positive
• If you imagine an emotion, you'll probably feel it as well; for example, you don't have to actually laugh to feel the joy associated with laughing, you just to imagine it. 

In the first chapter of this book, Teresa Aubele, PhD, Stan Wenck, EdD, and Susan Reynolds claim that happiness is something that can be created and exists in a person's brain. One example that supports the main idea is the invention of drugs that increased people's happiness by changing the amount of certain hormones in the brain proving that happiness can be partially created by hormones. Another example is the discussion on neuroplasticity in which the brain remolds according to the circuitry that is most often used, proving that a person can rewire his or her brain to be more positive. Finally, the authors give the example of Dr. Hebb's research which stated that "Neurons that fire together, wire together." What this research says about happiness in the brain is that the brain can be wired to be positive or negative based on which associations made between neurons are used a lot, and by thinking positively a lot the brain can rewire itself to have more positive associations. This is connected to the Buddhist idea of train your brain to be enlightened. If you can train your brain to be happy, then I think they're right- you can train your brain to be enlightened as well.

The psychology of everyday things

The Psychology of Everyday Things
By Donald A. Norman
Chapter 1

• Many objects in daily life are impractical and confusing to use.
• The person who uses a device needs the important controls to be visible and clearly labeled
• Psychology of Everyday Things- understanding how things in everyday life work
• Psychology of materials- study of the properties and use of everyday objects
• Sometimes manufacturers add in certain features that they believe will be helpful, but due to  confusion this can end in frustration rather than benefit
• Objects make more sense when their is a relationaship between controls.  Objects with these relationships are easier to use because people can understand what should be done to work it.
• affordance- properties and possible uses of things

In this chapter, the author is explaining that in order to make devices eay to use, the important controls and functions must be expressed clearly and visibily.  The author proves this by showing that on certain types of doors where hinges are not clearly shown, people have trouble opening them.  He also shows that there are many types of buttons on a phone that no one understands.  Finally, he shows that it was easier to operate his car than his phone because there was more visibility and clearness in the structure.  This is like how I always have trouble operating computers because I can't make sense of the keyboards and applications.

Love Poems by Women

Checkpoint 5

a. Love Poems by Women, Wendy Mulford, Introduction.

b. 7-10 Bullet points:

• poems have no limits
• traditionaly written by men,
• women have been used as inspirations
• good old love poems were mostly written by heterosexuals poets in Japan and China
• there is always a lover and the beloved
• most good female love poems were written by homosexuals.
• love is a mystery that everyone finds on its own
• our own personal view of poems is related to culture, experiences, traditions, economics, and politics.

       In this book, Wendy Mulford explains that love poems are hard to decifer but everyone has their own opinion about them depending on ther lives. One reason that supports this main idea is that her book contains an anthology of love poems written by women and their background information. Another example that supports this main idea is that she believes ost of the best written poems by women were for the same sex or a beloved. Finally, the author gives the fact that many dont know poems by women because men often used their work as theirs or used them as muses to come up with creative ideas for literature to support the main idea.
These ideas are similar to the time of the slaved because their owners made them work and always took credit for their astonishing pieces of art.

The Great Brain Book

            Title: The Great Brain Book
            Author: HP Newquist
            Chapter: 6; The Care and Feeding of Your Brain




-Each stage of cycle of your sleep can be measured by an electroencephalograph.
-Each time that a memory is made or an activity has been processed, a new connection is made between neurons.
-The more you repeat an action, the more connections are made which is why it's easier to retrieve the memory and do it better each time.
-You technically cannot just be classified as a left or right sided brain person, it's a mixture of both.
-Overcoming phobias takes a lot of time because the brain has to unlearn a fear that is has created.
-the first popular IQ test was made in 1916 called the Standford-Binet test.
-While your sleeping, the brain releases growth hormones.


Stages of Sleep:
1. you lose contact with the world around you right when you first fall asleep.
2. you're in a light sleep, which separates your brain even more from the world but you can still easily be awakened.
3. Hit deep sleep, most body functions have slowed down and if someone were to whisper to you, you probably wouldn't react.
4. Deepest stage of sleep "dead to the world"
5. REM-pons in your brain stem start sending nerve impulses and your brain tells different parts of your body to speed up. This is when your heartbeat increases but you're still in a light sleep.

In this book, HP Newquist, explains how the brain receives information and memorizes it. They also show the differences between the left and right side of the brain, memory tricks, phobias, and sleep patterns. 
One fact that supports these main ideas is that there is four main stages of sleep. There is a ninety minute normal sleeping cycle that happens repeatedly at least five times every night. 
Another fact that supports these main ideas is that a theory of why we dream is that our brain uses to dreams to help classify specific memories that didn't get classified when we were awake. Finally, the author gives the fact to support these main idea that, while you are sleeping, your brain can use that time to repair and replace damaged or dying cells. These ideas are similar to the movie Inception because in the movie, they use their dreams and they bring back memories in them. 

Blog Post #5: the process of decision-making

a.      Decision-Making, Chapter 5 (Steps to Making Good Decisions, Julie Parker

• Step 1- Ask yourself, "What's my main goal?"
• Step 2- Explore all the options.
• Along with Step 2: there are more options than the ones presented; just be creative and find them
• Step 3- Gather information and other helpful input
• Step 4- List the arguments for and against (pro and con) a certain choice
• Step 5- Ask yourself if this decision hurts you or someone else
• (step 5): a decision that hurts you or others is wrong (immoral) and should be avoided
• Step 6- Think through the consequences or results of your decision
• (step 6): before making a decision, think through what might happen as a result
• ask yourself how might you benefit or lose from different outcomes
• consider how your decision would affect anyone else involved in the situation
• Step 7- Take time to make your decision
• Step 8- Make your decision

c.      Write the 5 sentence summary:

 In this book, Julie Parker explains the multiple steps to making a good decision, gives specific examples, and also includes advice with what you need to do.
One reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is the multiple sections that give a specific example where each step was used . Another reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is how after each "story" where the process of each step was used, Julie Parker shows the reader how to correctly deal with each situation present and what to do when confronted, etc. Finally, the author gives the reason/fact/example of each step in the decision-making process to aid the reader in their situation; to support the main idea.
These ideas are to similar to ethics in a way that using this process can be used in situations where religion, etc. are being questioned because you will be able to decide what to choose.  

Blog post 5 faith and science.

Constructing a Life Philosophy
Edited by Mary Williams
Chapter 2: What Reveals Life's Ultimate meaning?-Chapter 3:How Do Religions Give Life Meaning?

• Religion and science are the two primary ways people answer what the ultimate meaning of life is.
• Atheists believe that we are alone in the universe, and the most noble way to live is to pursue goodness, truth, and human solidarity.
• Religion gives people a sense of comfort.
• The basic concepts of Juddaism: The belief in God's existance, unity, timelessness, incorporeality, approachability through prayer, the belief in prophecy, resurrection, immortality, Divine justice, etc.
• Christians believe we were created by God.
• Scientist have deveoped the "string theory" to explain the existance of electrons and atoms.
• Scientists believe we came from the stars.

In this book, the author explains that science and faith are two ways to explain the meaning of life's existance. One example of this main idea is the idea that people turn to religion for a sense of comfort so they do not feel alone in the world. Another reason that supports the main idea is that professors believe thay we came from the stars. Finally, the author gives the reason that religion answers basic questions to life. These ideas are connected to confucious because he also philosophised about the meaning of life.

What causes emotions?

*Performances can sometimes cause feelings such as:
1) aprrehension- this can include terror, and the person feeling apprehension can feel like he might give way (faint), or feel like his chest is beating out of his chest; nausea can also be a common feeling
This is often call something called "stagefright" something that emotions affect

*Emotions such as stagefright:
1) 85% of American suffer the racing pulse, stomach butterflies, trembling hands, and a parched mouth before one appears before a group or in public

*Emotions are the feelings of the mind, the equivalent of what are predicted to be physical sensations in ones body

* Emotions are a flush of adolescent desire, throat constructing awe, a paingful longing for a loved one, and the empty ache of loss

*"Emotions are terrors and elations, griefs and rages, adorations and revulsions, the spasms of mental sensation that cause the heart to leap of wither, that balance and hope against despair, that illuminated or cloud the human countenance"

*If one did not have emotions they would simply be dead, they would not feel anything that they were living (Or they would live an extremely boring life and wouldn't be able to do or achieve anything)

*Scientists realized that each emotions was different- they all involved the life of the mind, and the lives of many species

Title: Emotions: Journey through the mind and body

Authors: This book was made by the editors of time-life books

1st section of the book: Of the Mind as Much as the Heart

In this ______book________________________ (book/article, etc.), _______the editors of time-life books____________ (author)   __explains ____________(claims/argues/explains) that _emotions can be something that is known as a common "symptom", and can cause someone to actually experience sickness. 
(identify author’s argument/purpose).
One reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is stage fright. Stage fright can be caused by a speech or performance in front of a group, or an audience. This can cause people to feel nausea, and get sweaty, nervous, and feel like their heart is beating out of their chest. Another reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is . Finally, the author gives the reason/fact/example that emotions can cause something as stage fright, and can affect the human mind and body. (This supports the main idea)
These ideas are ____connected________________ (connected/similar) to __the text in the book that states "emotions are terror and elations, frights and rages, adorations and revulsions, the spasms of mental sensation that cause the heart to leap of wither, that balance and hope against despair, that illuminated or cloud the human countenance" (something you learned or experienced previously)because the quote states that something such as terror can cause a certain emotion, classified (or called) as stage fright. _ (explanation of connection).

Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

Book: Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Author: Studs Terkel

Chapter: Introduction

7-10 Bullet Points:
-The main character in the story is a kid who has asthma who thinks he will die soon.
-He believes that death is an abstract idea.
-He fears that if he falls asleep, he will not wake up.
-The fear of dying possesses him.
-It is a habit that obsesses him.
-One of his neighbors had just died from Scarlet Fever.
-The girl was his contemporary.
-The boy felt detached yet slightly saddened.
-Death does not come with old age.
-Death comes with forgetting

In this book, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Studs Terkel explains what his life was like with all the death around him and how he felt about it. One fact that supports the main idea is that the main character had the feeling that he was going to die, especially when he was asleep. Another fact is that the fear of death and dying scared him and took over him. The last fact is that he believed that death came with forgetting, it wasn't just old age. These ideas are similar to the feelings other people have about death. You have to live life to the fullest because one day you may not wake up. You also need to remember that you only live once to some extent.

Suppression of Ideas; Science vs. The Bible

            In this  book, Charles E. Hummel  explains that whenever the bible and science disagreed, the catholic church made sure to suppress the new ideas.


           One example that supports this main idea is when Galileo Galilei was trying to advance technology in science, and more specifically, astronomy, he presented his idea that the earth was not the center of the galaxy, his theory was that we were orbiting the sun. The catholic church, however, had been preaching the the geocentric model, in which everything orbited our earth. When they heard Galileo's "wild" theory he was put under house arrest for contradicting the bible and church's teachings. The author goes on to explain that whenever the bible and science disagreed, the church made sure to suppress the new ideas. Another example that supports this main idea is how many scientists have basically proven the theory of evolution, but the church continues to deny anything but the words of the bible. Finally, the author gives the fact that the church denies many things regarded as scientific law as to keep people believing in their ideas. If science were to prove something that discredits the bible, people may lose faith and the church would lose power. to keep their place in the world, the church keeps ideas from surfacing or they called the scientist a heretic and made sure nobody believed them.

          These ideas are similar to the crusades where the people in power did anything they could to get people to believe what they wanted them to. Even killing those who didn't. 

Emotional Intelligence #5

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman


- "Anyone can be angry-that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time,    for the right purpose, and in the right way-that is not easy."

Aristotle's Challenge


-Spreading virus of good feeling.
-Bus driver gives a friendly hello and goodbye, it spreads happiness to everyone who got on and off the bus.
-The author says this bus driver could bring happiness to the whole city. If you think about it, him being nice to a bus load of people who become happy when they get off will have those people spread their happiness to other people, just like a virus.
-A boy goes on a rampage at school, pouring paint everywhere in the class and all over the cars. His reason was because he was called a baby by his classmates, and he wanted to impress them.
-"Have a nice day," to "Make my day."
-Words do have an effect on people. Positive and negative attitude spreads, and words can mean a lot.

In this book, Daniel Goleman explains that happiness and positive attitudes can spread, like a virus. One example that supports his main idea is the boy calling the other boy a baby. Negative attitude can cause people to act differently and make them do things they don't want to do, but they have to do it to deny the negative attitude. Another example that supports his main idea is the thought of happiness and sadness being a virus. The author gives a good point when he says the passengers getting on the bus were sort of confused when the bus driver greeted them nicely, but when they got off, they all responded happily with a goodbye. This supports the main idea of spreading the good feeling and making your positive attitudes reflect on others. These ideas are similar to a real, deadly virus because it also spreads things, and it won't stop until something good has happened.

blog post #5

title: the american art book
author:Alfred T. Bricher

 In this _____book the american art book___ (book/article, etc.), _Alfred t. Bricherw_ (author)   explians_(claims/argues/explains) that _the painter has a great color choice and   scenic view  to grab the views mind and eyes and really feel_______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________ (identify author’s argument/purpose).
One reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is ____________________________________________________________
___________________________. Another reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is ________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Finally, the author gives the reason/fact/example _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ to support the main idea.
These ideas are ____________________ (connected/similar) to ______________________________________________ (something you learned or experienced previously) because ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (explanation of connection).

How the Mind works

In this Book, Daniel Schacter claims that there are seven reasons why memories malfunction. They are transience, absent mindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence. Transience, absent mindedness, and blocking are omissions: we fail to bring to mind a desried fact, event, or idea. Transince is a basic feature of memory, and the reason for many memory problems. Absent mindedness involves a breakdown at the interface between attention and memory. Blocking stops or slows down the process of trying to retrieve a certain memory. The next 4 reasons for memories malfunctioning is misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence. All of those involve some form of memory that is present but is either incorrect or unwanted. These ideas are connected to how the mind works and why some memories are forgotten because it describes the 7 main problems for why memories malfunction.

• There are 7 main problems or issues as to why memories malfunction. 
• Names of people and places are probably the most easily blocked memories.
• The forces of persistence is the most effective after traumatic experiences.
• The older people get the worse their memories get.
• Human brain is the most complex object in the entire universe. 
•   Suggestability in memory refers to a persons tendency to incorporate misleading information from sources exteranly.
• Suggestability is closely related to misattribution.

"Enduring Issues in Psychology" By Toni Blake

Post #5
   Enduring Issues in Psychology By Toni Blake Chapter 1 "Which Type of Psychotherapy Is Most Useful?"

• Mental illnesses have been treated in the past with tonis, leeching, religous healing, shock and drug therapies
• Breuer and Freud (psychologists in vienna) found away to get into someones unconscious mind and find the start of the emotional disturbances. This is called the theory of psychoanalysis.
• After war many soilders come home psychologically scarred. This started an entire Mental Health Instutute in the United States. Mental Health care was expanded into health care insurance.
• People began to beleive that some styles of therapies were inaffective. Psycologists came together to come up with a better way to treat psycological disorders.
• Humanists Therapy: this therapy believes each person has their own unique potential. When a person gets away from their potential it is a psychologists job to get realign the cleint in order for them to acheive their goals.
• Mental illnesses are usually caused by tramatic stituadions in one's life. It is the psychologist's job to find what the situation is if it is not already clear what it was in their patient's life.
• To help fix some mental disorders such as OCD a psychologist will slowly start to expose the patient to what the source of problem is, until it is mostly to completely gone.

Summary: Mental illnesess have been treated very differently throughout the years. From leeching to a therapy session, the treatments have relly changed. Psychologists such as Breuer and Freud would work off eachother to find a the best treatment possible. There are many types of therapies such as the Humanist Therapy. Each therapy can be very useful, it just depends on who the patient is and what they have gone through.

book plog post 5

The Story of World Religion by Katharine Savage
Intro chapter

1. Religions existed long before recorded human history.
2. They existed in literally every human society.
3. The first religions were polytheistic, meaning they believed in multiple Gods, instead of monotheistic which is believing in only one God.
4. Tribes followed these religions and most of them worshipped the sun, the moon, or rivers because these were very important things for all of them.
5.As agriculture became widespread and societies settled down, people started to think more and monotheistic religions started to emerge.
6. Religions provided comfort for people who were living in constant threat of earthquakes, floods, and drought.
7. Still, many wars were fought over religion because different people were raised to believe differently and they could not get along with one another.

In this book, Katharine Savage explains that religion has been a defining characteristic of human beings since very early times. One fact that supports this idea is that ancient ruins have been found in several places that seem to have a religious significance with altars and such. Another reason that supports this idea is that early humans would have faced many challenges and they needed something to cope with them. Finally, the author gives the fact that religion has been found in every single culture long before the main religions of today existed. These ideas are similar to an article I read previously about ruins being discovered in Turkey because it talks about religion's role in the ancient world.

Prehistoric Religion and its effects on today's religions
From the book World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present edited by Geoffrey Parrinder, chapter 1, "Prehistoric Religion"
In the book World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present, edited by Geoffrey Parrinder, you are told all about the background of many different religions. How they started, what their beliefs are, where they go after they die, and much more. One example of this is when the book tells about how once there were nests of skulls found in Bavaria, and how that connected to the beliefs and rituals of prehistoric religions because they were dried and ceremonially preserved. Another example is when the book tells about cave art, sculptures, paintings, and engravings from about 40,000 BC to 12,000 BC. They were created or drawn by early homo sapiens that were doing this stuff for their religious beliefs. Finally, the book tells about "The Sorcerer", which was a painting or engraving upon a cave wall of a man engaged in a sacred ance, showing that he was an arch-sorcerer in the midst of some sort of prehistoric ritual meant to bring men and animals together. These ideas are similar to churches that have stain-glass windows meant to praise God, just like the engravings and cave paintings because they both are meant to praise a higher power.

-prehistoric religion affects today's religions
-some prehistoric beliefs still live today
-prehistoric burials and ceremonies are similar to funerals today
-few changes are made from their art to religious art today (cave paintings--> stain glass windows)
-they believed in a sacred power
-similar to today's religions because many believe in sacred power as well
-their first god was the Early Mother-Goddesses

Happiness

Choosing Happiness by Alexandra Stoddard

- Happiness is the first princliple of life
- Must pay attention to everything
- Happiness is subjective
- We choose happiness everyday
- Feeling passionate about what you choose
- Devistation can make us stronger
- Heal through small acts of kindness

 In this ___book___________________________ (book/article, etc.), _____Alexandra Stoddard______________ (author)   __explains____________(claims/argues/explains) that __________we can find happiness and is the first principle of life.______________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________ (identify author’s argument/purpose).
One reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is _________________she stated happiness is the first principle of life___________________________________________
___________________________. Another reason/fact/example that supports this main idea is _we can find happiness everywhere_______________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Finally, the author gives the reason/fact/example _____________________that misery can strenghten us and our happiness_________________________________________________________________________________ to support the main idea.
These ideas are __similar (connected/similar) to Greek philospers(something you learned or experienced previously) because they where thinking of what life is and how they could be happy (explanation of connection).

#5: How Hormones Work

Title: Hormones
Author: Steve Parker
Page 17

• Hormones are called chemical messengers because they carry a specific or certain message or instruction.
• Hormones flow through the blood and although they always come in contact with many parts of the body, only certain body parts are effected.
• When hormones are more concentrated in an area, the effect on te target will be more productive and will work faster.  
•  Hormones are made out of molecules and are too small to see even with certain microscopes.
• The three main chemical groups of hormones are "amines, peptides and steroids. (they all work in different ways)
• On the skin, there are certain receptors that determine which hormones will affect the cell.
• When the hormone comes into contact with the cell, it "turns on" the production of that cell.
• However, hormones must first pass through the cell membrane.

In this book, Steve Parker explaines what hormones are and how hormones work.  One example that supports this main idea is when the author writes about what hormones are and what they do.  Another example is when the author writes about some of the main hormones in your body.  Finally, the author gives the fact that if hormones are less concentrated in an area they are targeting, there will be a smaller effect on that area.  These ideas are similar to my research of hormones in biology class because they both deal with what hormones are and how they work.

"The Human Face"

In this book by Brian Cleese he explains that there are many different expressions of the face in Chapter 3. One reason that supports this is, that I learned that when you are genually smiling the side of your skin where your eye is crinkles, that in highschool photo the people with the happiest expressions had good relationships, that your eyes often give away a lot of what your a feeling along with a blush. (didn't read ending cant give main idea). I learned a decent amount in this because one it was intresting and I know what I want to learn now.


. Eye brows is most common greeting.
. Eyes show how you are attracted to people.
. Blush gives away how you are feeling.
. After becoming nervous about how you are feeling about someone, your heart rate will rapidly increase.
. The dimple is normally followed by a sligt eye roll.
. Positive expressed seem to happier people.
. Our face changed, our mouth used to be much larger.
. 30 million years ago we were visually dependant.
.

blog post #3- effects of marijuana

effects of marijuana

(http://search.proquest.com/docview/431952707/1359676226774A8C5C1/16?accountid=6222)

(ProQuest Platinum- Marijuana's Effects: More Than Munchies)

points I found relevant to my topic:

• used for pain relief, nausea and loss of appetite in patients with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other terminal illnesses.
• forgetfulness is a side effect- too much of a good thing
• estimated 70 million Americans have tried marijuana.
• use in teens can block social development
• just because the consequences aren't s severe as other drugs, it may still be addictive
• rarely can you become dependent on the drug
• ingredients in marijuana are very similar to certain receptors in our bodies

new or interesting vocabulary:

• endocannabinoids- chemical compound found in your body that resembles organic ingredients in marijuana

questions I still have:

• what is so bad about it? 
• why is it illegal?

Memory Recall

http://www.human-memory.net/processes_recall.html

• Memories are not stored in out brain like books on a shelve they are more scattered and in different places.
• Getting memory back requires going back to the nerve pathways the brain made when "encoding" the memory, and it depends on the strangth of the pathways to determine how fast a memory can be brought back.
• Most of what we remember is by direct retreival.
• Also the brain is able to decide in advance whether or not there is a point to searching a memory for a particular fact.
• There are 2 main methods of accessing memories, recognition and recall.
• Recognition is considered to be better than recall.
• Recognition only requires 1 process whereas Recall requires a 2 step process.

blog post #3

- some color catch your eye more then other colors.
- first fact about liking colors is memorise that you have for that color,  you may love a certain color for example orange, you probably like this color because you had good situation in you life that has happened many time and there seems to be the color orange involved with this situation
- other colors are sensative to you eye and theycan agravate you.
-pink is a soft color, it makes you less agressive, i have heard in jails that they will paint the rooms pink on some of the walls, that is to have less fightes, you are not able to hit as hard in a pink room
-yellow is an agravating color, parent specialist always warn parents not to paint their childs room yellow, this color is agravating and the baby ends up crying alot more then it needs to.'
-blue and green shades are very relaxing colors, sometimes in paintind people mistake the b lues for sadness, but mostly painters want it to be very relaxing.
-red is an aggresive color, red makes you feel angry and bigger, fights usually happen in a red room,
- if there are 2 lines and one is painted red and one is painted blue, more people would buy at the red painted line
- there was also a study that showed if you  put 2 teams versing eatheother (one red , one white or yellow ect.)and they are the same level, the red will have a bigger likley hood of winning, just because red makes them look bigger and more agressoive to the eyes.

(Mr.Milas)

do you change the way you see certain colors, or does people arounnd you?

why are some colors mixed up so much by certain people?. such as grey or highlighter yellow? especially greens.

blog post #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b71rT9fU-I   --->himba tribe



-language plays a big role in seeing colors
-people have tested childrens who are just learning to talk and dont know the words for colors yet and seeing if they can spot the odd color out, they can easily.
- to us who have learned what yellow is , red , blue green, ect. we would of had a much harder time piking the color that is different.
- there was another study done in a tribal community, of about 20 people.they have different words for different colors because of their diverse language.
- these tribal people only had 4 words for the 11 colors that we have
-they put a ring of green dots on a poster and asked them to spot the odd one out. they did easliy.
-to us they would look all the same shade of green. they could do this because light green was in one catigory with light red and light purple, as for a little bit darker shade of green was in a different one of their catagorys of green orange darker red and blue.
- they next put a ring of green dots with an aparent blue dot in it, but blue and green have the same words for them, they couldnt see the odd color , to them they looked all the same.
-the part of your brain that teaches you languge also was seen to be conected to colors and how attracted you are to surtain colors.





1- how do colorblind people see the world and art?
2-even if a person has names for 12 colors , if they live in a very different enviornment will they see it differently?
3- why is that highlighter color always gets so mixed up, some people thinks its yellow some think its green.

Book Post Chapter 4

a.Title: Your Memory: How it Works and How to Improve it
Author: Kenneth L. Higbee, Ph.D.
Chapter 4: How to Remember Almost Anything: Basic Principles

• 5 ways to remember almost anything: meaningfulness, organization, association, visualization, and attention
• tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon discussed on page 29

Meaningfulness Section:

• the more meaningful something is, the easier it is to remember
• "rote memory" is defined as "trying to remember something by repeating it over and over without doing anything to make it meaningful"
• memory builds on memory the same way learning builds on learning
• familiarity with the topic of memorization is key
• exposure of an object at a young age can affect memory to come easier later on
• page 48 gives specific examples on how rhyming is used for memory in basic context
• even if you are trying to recall a word that you memorized, you may remember the first letter or a word the rhymes with it as well
• "if you can find a pattern, rule, or underlying principle in the material, you will likely be able to learn it easier"
• numbers are proven to be more easily remembered in groups or arrangements with patterns
• also you can remember things longer when they are put into patterns that are more meaningful
• "chunking" material means you make yourself have less to remember
• associations to everyday life are better for memory improvement than patterns alone

c. 5 sentence summary: In this section of Chapter 4 of the book Your Memory by Kenneth L. Higbee, Ph.D., Higbee explains that one way to better improve your memory of material is to give the material a specific meaning.One fact that supports this main idea is that people who memorized a pattern or groups within the material remember it better. Also, people who know something prior about the subject of memorization can remember the material more easily than someone unfamiliar with it. Finally, the author gives the example of rhyming syllables with a word or substituting a similar word to support the main idea of improving memory. Another fact that supports this main idea is that the more something means to you as a student or person, the easier it will be to remember it and the longer you will remember it. This is partly why people remember there most meaningful moments in life. These ideas are connected to how we remember the most meaningful moments in our life and we somehow seem to forget other less meaningful times. This is because Higbee proves that when material has meaning to the student, they will more easily remember it.

Japanese Love Poetry

Article:
http://www.simplyhaiku.com/SHv4n4/reviews/Hirshfield.html

• Izumi Shikibu wrote Japanese Love Poetry
• She wrote over 240 love poems to her love who passed away from a disease
• Tanka poetry: aims for the heart of whatever it being written about
• The Ink Dark Moon is an example of a Tanka
• Tanka poetry can also be called Waka poetry
• The Heian Era is considered to be the best years for Japanese poetry and other literature
• Imagey is most important to be used in a Tanka

• Ono no Komachi is a legandary figure of the Heian Court

Example:
No way to see him
on this moonless night ---
I lie awake longing, burning,
breasts racing fire,
heart in flames.

Ono no Komachi
Translated by Hirshfield and Aratani

Poetry and Love

Kastor, E. (1998, Feb 13). Well versed in love; there is a language of the heart that poetry alone can speak. The Washington Post, pp. D.01-D01. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/408354974?accountid=6222

• Love poems are originated from 17th century England
• Verse was used and written more than 3,000b years ago
• Love poetry was written in the Holy Bible
• Diane Ackerman wrote a book on the history, biology, and literature of love
• America recognizes love as its own language
• Valentines Day is the most popular time that people use poetry
•  Pablo Neruda writes love poems

Questions:

• When did people first started writing poetry?
• What is the definition of love?
• Where did the word love evolve from?

Alcohol and Memory

http://www.memory-loss.com/herbal-remedies/memory-loss/alcohol-and-memory-loss

• Excessive alcohol use can lead to random blackouts and temporary memory loss or amnesia
• Blackouts are common for alcohol abusers and can even be a warning sign to drinkers and their friends that there may be alcohol abuse.
• Alcohol has far reaching effects on many areas of the brain.
• When alcohol is consumed the body starts to break it down right away and it creats a negative charge in your brain.
• The brain also receives less oxygen when alcohol is present.
• Alcohol has a negative effect in the central nervous system.
•  Even for healthy drinkers blackouts are often traumatic when serious and typically unforgettable memories are impossible to remember.

1.  Can the effects of alcohol on the brain ever be reversed or fixed?
2. Is there a type of alcohol that doesn't effect the brain as badly?

Emotions

Several different emotions.

Link to website:  http://www.buzzle.com/articles/list-of-human-emotions.html

"List of Human Emotions."

- There are many basic human emotions, as well as advanced human emotions.
- There can be a main emotion with sub emotions. For example,

-Fear 

-Anxiety
-Apprehension
-Distress
-Dread
-Tenseness
-Uneasiness
-Worry

There are many different emotions, some good and some bad. Certain events trigger off certain emotions. If your pet died, you would be feeling negative, sad, or maybe angry emotions. If you just won a car, you would be feeling positive and happy emotions. Everyone can feel these emotions, but you share them in different ways. Some people might scream, while others stay quiet and hold in those feelings.