tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post8455751461855388217..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: Why don’t we do what we know works better?Deric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-91384250476764686492007-05-31T22:38:00.000-05:002007-05-31T22:38:00.000-05:00I like the old saying of you can't teach an old do...I like the old saying of you can't teach an old dog new tricks. He doesn't have the attention or energy. <BR/>It's probably very expensive to learn new patterns and the reward/response to certain pathways likely helps the pre-existing habits persist. Nature had a recent podcast on dopamine and inhibitory/excitatory neurons. I'm still trying to memorise "Lateral habenula" after listening to that. I've dubbed it the habit nebula so as to do so. :) <BR/><A HREF="http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/v447/n7143/nature-2007-05-24.mp3" REL="nofollow">Nature Podcast</A><BR/><BR/>Along with habit nebula, I think about all that material required to create and patch one neuron to another, the distance axons have to travel and obstacles to avoid in the adult brain means things might take longer. I feel better knowing that now as I grow older and become more repetative in my daily life. I also feel worse because of all the bad habits I know I've formed through incessant practice, practice, practices. Especially the stress and anxiety related endevours.<BR/><BR/>With that, I think you have to be careful when it comes to calling mind regimes healthy for that reason. Practice, when it's singularly focused potentially builds obsessively bad habits. What's taught and the healthy associations made when learning are for me what encompasses healthy learning.<BR/>One of my problem solving habits is the mantra that; "There are at least six sides to any story." <BR/>I picture the problem in a box and look at it from all sides. Or the common saying of "think outside the box."<BR/>It's these kinds of associations I find help me form new habits best. Associating the new with the super-highways of the old.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170572784481628483noreply@blogger.com