This week, NPR Ed. Is focusing on questions about why people play and how play relates to learning. When it comes to brain development, time in the classroom may be less important than time on the playground.

When I was younger they said when you learn something your brain got a wrinkle. As I am getting older I think that is the only place I want to have wrinkles! November 27, 2012. Dr H talked about it earlier in the semester that neurologists believe the soul is simply our nervous system. If we begin with someone who is easily scared or a fearful person then maybe their soul hangs out in the amygdala.

The mind works in mysterious ways. On November 24, 2013 by nlaguilar217. Even thought the movie I watched last night was not scary at all, The Midnight Meat Train. Then you are more likely to watch horror movies more often compared to someone who was in a car accident on their way home from the theater.

Why is it so damn hard to quit smoking? This ongoing struggle led me to research a little bit about nicotine addiction in hopes that I would better understand it and eventually be able to kick the habit once and for all. Both stimulates and relaxes the body. The drug stimulates the adrenal gland causing a release of epinephrine. Nicotine also activates receptors in your brain. When these receptors are activated they release dopamine.