Lemme Think About It...thoughts

" Maybe, just maybe, we don't think in language, or think in words. Is it possible we think in visual images, or in auditory images? Could it be we think in abstract propositions about what is true about what? Is it possible that language is only a way of communicating thoughts, of getting them out of one head and into another by making noise?" ...Na, just a funny thought again...Doc

I think most people agree that we do not actually think in words. If we did: we would not search for the right word to express a thought; we could not think as pre-verbal infants; we would not have integrated thought if we were bilingual – and on and on. We do not think in actual words but perhaps in something like concepts. Those concepts could be represented by words or pictures or sounds or whatever. But do we actually think in concepts. Some would say that we think in symbols and with them we can ‘compute’ or think. Perhaps we have symbols standing for concepts and we manipulate these with some sort of rule system. Lemme think about it...

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Therapy...false memories.

"Well Doc, I'm here to develop some false memories,
so I can forget about my miserable life."

How Your Brain Keeps You Believing Crap That Isn't True

Much of what you believe to be true probably isn't, thanks to a mental shortcut your brain takes without you realizing it. There are things we do not know we don't know.

From The Far Side Of The Glass

Though the brain is ever malleable and able to rewire itself to any situation, almost instantly, it will take some time before neurologists know exactly how the internet has altered the brain’s makeup and what it might mean for cognition. We haven’t even mapped the entire organ, yet. So deeper understanding will take time. Still, there are a lot of indicators to how the ubiquity of the internet is changing how we think.

One example of a recent discovery with major implications is our further understanding of neuroplasticity. Simply put, we used to think our brain was what it was — unchangeable, unalterable. We were stuck with what nature gave us. In actuality, our brains are like plastic. We can alter neurochemistry to change beliefs, thoughts processes, emotions, etc. You are the architect of your brain. You also have the power to act against dangerous impulses such as addiction. The therapeutic possibilities here are endless.