Brain Lapse

[Marie Mallory]

Why is it sometimes we don't comprehend and others we do? Does our brain take a break or is it something we ate?
I go back and read some of the things I posted and don't even recognize myself.
Is this a sign of senility or is deterioration?
Maybe I caught something from the vines? yea I know being silly probably isn't going to help.
I would go to the doctor, but they may put me on something that will just make me not care as it progresses.

 

[Joe Riley]

Even without doing drugs, as we age, everyone's brain is moving in the wrong direction, though at different speeds. We never notice our new car getting older....until one day it is a shock.....a wakeup call to a sound sleeper!

 

[Marie Mallory]

Even without doing drugs, as we age, everyone's brain is moving in the wrong direction, though at different speeds. We never notice our new car getting older....until one day it is a shock.....a wakeup call to a sound sleeper!

I know but it's still no fun. guess I'll have to find a way to laugh about it.

 

[Joe Riley]

I remember reading about our need for a good night's sleep, so that our brain can detox (or defrag) itself. Awake, the arteries and blood vessels are like alley-ways that get cluttered with the toxins and flotsams from it's many tasks.

At bedtime, it's a different story. As an 'under cover' sleeper, as we enter deeper sleep, these alleys open up, turning into wide two lane highways, where this residue and waste is flushed from our brain, somehow while we are 'sawing logs'. By morning wake up call, these arteries have reduced back to the cleaned out alleys, awaiting a new day. I like the picture!

 

[Joe Riley]

 

[Marie Mallory]

I remember reading about our need for a good night's sleep, so that our brain can detox itself. Awake, the arteries and blood vessels are like alley-ways that get cluttered with the toxins and flotsams from it's many tasks.

At bedtime, it's a different story. As an 'under cover' sleeper, as we enter deeper sleep, these allies open up, turning into wide two lane highways, where this residue and waste is flushed from our brain, somehow while we are 'sawing logs'. By morning wake up call, these arteries have reduced back to the cleaned out alleys, awaiting a new day. I like the picture!

I heard that we sleep better in a cool room, heat on low. So I'm trying that now.

 

[Joe Riley]

I heard that we sleep better in a cool room, heat on low. So I'm trying that now.

Also fewer electronics in the bedroom. The jury may still be out on the effects of electric blankets.

 

[Joe Riley]

As much as they try, our wonderful, God created brain is a Masterpiece and cannot be duplicated by AI! Our body is full of magnificent "Engineering" take our "Hand-Eye Coordination".... we couldn't manage without it!

 

[Marie Mallory]

Also fewer electronics in the bedroom. The jury may still be out on the effects of electric blankets.

AI, yes it seems to be in a lot of things now, I'm even leery of my little slip on step counter.

 

[Joe Riley]

Meanwhile, Brain Lapse back at the Ranch!

 

[Yvonne Smith]

I remember reading about our need for a good night's sleep, so that our brain can detox (or defrag) itself. Awake, the arteries and blood vessels are like alley-ways that get cluttered with the toxins and flotsams from it's many tasks.

At bedtime, it's a different story. As an 'under cover' sleeper, as we enter deeper sleep, these alleys open up, turning into wide two lane highways, where this residue and waste is flushed from our brain, somehow while we are 'sawing logs'. By morning wake up call, these arteries have reduced back to the cleaned out alleys, awaiting a new day. I like the picture!

This is exactly right, @Joe Riley ! Dr. Gundry also talked about this in his book about aging, and he calls it “brain washing”, but describes it like a computer defragging itself.
When the brain does this , it moves everything where it needs to be, and puts things into long term memory from short term memory. To do this, the brain literally squeezes itself and wrings out the sludge and toxins.
He said it need a lot of power and extra blood to do this, so it is important not to eat for several hours before bedtime or the digestive system will be using the energy and extra blood for digestion instead of cleaning the brain.
It does not need to do this every night, but it sounds like the more often it happens , the better it is for our long term memory.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

We never notice our new car getting older...

I did. I've had $500 beaters that were much older when I bought them, than the car we bought new in 2015 is now. That car reminds me of my ex-wife, Jane the Pain. The longer I had her, the more she cost me. And it was $29,500 (plus financing fees of 3.5%) more. When a $500 beater dies, you just go buy another one.

Back in the old days, everything was made to last. Now almost nothing is.

 

[Joe Riley]

• Constant activity: Your brain is active 24/7, including during sleep. The brain uses a significant amount of the body's energy, around 20% of its total consumption, to maintain its constant activity.
• Brain activity varies by task, not region: Different activities activate different parts of the brain, but even in the quietest moments, the brain is still active. For example, a person using their brain for math will have a different pattern of activation than someone listening to music, but all areas are still utilized.
• Brain damage can be overcome: The fact that people can recover from brain damage, even to the point of missing parts of their brain, is due to the brain's plasticity. The remaining parts of the brain can compensate for the loss of function.

AI-AI-O

 

[Joe Riley]

The Ten Percent Brain Myth

 

[Marie Mallory]

I did. I've had $500 beaters that were much older when I bought them, than the car we bought new in 2015 is now. That car reminds me of my ex-wife, Jane the Pain. The longer I had her, the more she cost me. And it was $29,500 (plus financing fees of 3.5%) more. When a $500 beater dies, you just go buy another one.

Back in the old days, everything was made to last. Now almost nothing is.

That's a fact! I ordered a couple 70-page notebooks. You can hardly see the lines and lines are now closer together.

 

[Joe Riley]

Post-a-notes are thinner, smaller with almost no glue on them. Manila Mailing envelopes are thinner, without the reinforced metal clip. = garbage!