On 7/25/10 10:38 AM, "Krimel" <[email protected]> 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.
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