Random thoughts inspired by “The Infanta”
I wonder, with all the complicated physical and chemical signals going
back and forth during pregnancy, whether a mother’s regular
learning/exercising of her mind affects the child. I would love to see
a long-term study, but I toss my hands up at the idea of how you would
neutralize factors like social and economic status, quality of food
[damn it, I’m listening to “bloodbath dance” on my headphones, and
the CSL is on the phone again, and shouting again.], and genetic
propensity for learning.
A very large study finished recently that found that if you teach
mental skills (rationalization, speed, etc) for a few hours, once, to
people 70 years old, they’ll retain more mental capacity/skill in five
years than otherwise. It reinforces the idea that you must
exercise your brain, and that a (relatively) tiny amount of mental work
can make positive changes, even late in life.
When I did my psychiatric nurse training I had a tutor who was doing research along similar lines; interestingly findings were coming through that were similar for mood as well as memory etc.
That’s cool.
I wonder if sales of Brain Age for DS went up after this study was announced. :)
Your icon still makes me smile. A lot.
:)
:D Happy holidays, Chuck, if I don’t see you :)