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developing better brains

14 Tuesday Jan 2014

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Culture, Happiness, Health, Lessons, Science, Technology

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Brain, Davidson, Dr. Richard J. Davidson, Health, science, Science and Religion, Technology

Research to shed light on how early experience impacts brain development

Program Description
Dr. Richard J. Davidson, Founder and Chair of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses a new five-year project focused revealing the pathological pathways that lead to mental disorders such as anxiety and depression.

Made possible by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to establish a new Silvio O. Conte Center for Basic and Translational Mental Health Research on the UW-Madison campus, it supports three major efforts:Brain

1.   Non-invasive studies, using functional, diffusion and structural MRI and other tools, to measure response to stressors in the developing brain beginning in infancy;
2.  Molecular studies to characterize anxious temperament at a cellular level, using induced pluripotent stem cells derived from adolescent skin or blood cells;
3.   A study of genetically identical twins to describe how experience and environment cause differences in how the brain functions and in which genes are differentially expressed.

“This work will uncover new targets for early interventions to prevent anxiety-related disorders, which exact enormous social, emotional and economic burdens in adolescence and early adulthood,” says Principal Investigator Richard J. Davidson, PhD.  “Ultimately, this new knowledge will inform the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders and lead to new neurally-inspired interventions.”

The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds is a research center focused on investigating and cultivating positive qualities of mind on an individual, societal and global level. Learn more at www.investigatinghealthyminds.org.

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New post Eric

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ISON close-up

26 Tuesday Nov 2013

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Lessons, News update, Science, Universe

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Astronomer, Astronomy, comet, International Scientific Optical Network, ISON, Mars, MAVEN, science, solar system

The comet that is approaching, C/2012 S1, also known as Comet ISON and as Comet Nevski–Novichonok is thought by many a scientist to carry the pristine matter from the beginning of our solar system.

On Thanksgiving (a U.S. Holiday celebrated on November 28 this year) ISON will pass as close to our sun as 730,000 miles. Meantime it is heating up as it moves ever closer.

The latest speculation is on what will survive as the comet grazes the sun’s atmospheric (tidal wave) influences. Will it be destroyed, damaged, melted, or what?

.CometISON-Nov14-animation.

ISON was named after the International Scientific Optical Network that was used by a pair of Russian astronomers to detect the comet in September 2012. It’s official name is C/2012 S1, indicating when it was discovered. The name Nevski–Novichonok comes from the names of the Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok that first discovered the comet.

Every lens in this part of the universe perhaps is trained on ISON. The Mars bound Maven spacecraft launched on November 18 may even capture ISON images during the second week of December as the spacecraft continues its journey toward Mars. MAVEN is the first spacecraft devoted to exploring the Martian upper atmosphere. Its trip to Mars will take 10 months and MAVEN is expected to begin an orbit around Mars in September of 2014.

Whatever becomes of ISON, I am sure that its coming will herald in new science regarding the forming and behavior of comets. I’d like to keep the focus on ISON for now though.

Thanks for learning with me.

New post Eric

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ISON cometh

24 Sunday Nov 2013

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Lessons, Science, Universe

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comet, Comet Encke, Earth, ISON, NASA, Neptune, Oort Cloud, science, space, Sun, universe

Comet ISON was first spotted by amateur astronomers when it was still about 585 million miles away; out in deep space. This week its visible with binoculars and it will be visible by eye unaided in December.

You might enjoy the ISON photo gallery that setup shop at : http://spaceweathergallery.com/ison_gallery.html 

As you may know, the fate of the comet is very speculative. ISON began its journey from the Oort cloud of icy objects that are in solar orbit far beyond Neptune. That was about a million years ago. Reports indicate that the comet is not displaying properties of an icy object.

The comet is due to pass close to the sun in a few days and there is a good chance that the comet will meet with some partial destruction and certainly there are going to be changes to the comet or debris field as it passes around our sun.

CometISON-Nov14-animation

On November 28, Comet ISON will pass less that 750,000 miles from the Sun and it may be traveling at as much as 175,000 mph (1500 times faster than a commercial jetliner) as it swings about the sun.

On Thanksgiving, the sun-grazer comet’s swing around the sun may cause changes to it and the debris field (tail). Most likely, at least some of it will survive.

By early December, ISON will be visible in both the evening and morning skies and December 26, it will be less that 40 million miles from Earth. The comet has apparently picked up lots of extra debris from the asteroid belt.

Program Description Comet’s ISON’s recent outburst of activity has done more than simply brighten the comet. Whatever exploded from the comet’s core also created a spectacularly-long tail, more than 16 million kilometers (139 million miles) from end to end. Its the largest comet — ever. As the comet swings around the sun, expect the unexpected. This is uncharted territory.

Use these tools to learn more:

Perihelion and Distance Live 
Interactive Model & View From Earth = MUST SEE!
ISON Fact Page

You may also learn more at NASA:
A Timeline Of Comet ISON’s Dangerous Journey

Thanks for reading.

New post Eric

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    and curved
    space-time confirmed (hunt4truth.wordpress.com)
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can we learn from science, technology, business, cultures, religions, and philosophy?

21 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Consciousness, Culture, Faith, Happiness, Inner peace, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Spirituality

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consciousness, God, Jesus, Krista Tippett, On Being, philosophy, Relationship between religion and science, religion, science

Did Jesus tell us not to learn from each other?
I’m actually sure that Jesus told us to love one another.

So, what about learning from one another? Gingho
Program Description

Krista Tippett is a journalist, author and the creator and host of the public radio program On Being which discusses and debates the big questions of human life.

In this episode of Epiphany, Krista Tippett talks about the beauty and mystery in science and religion and how they go hand-in-hand, not head-to-head.

Here is her vision for the show (Let’s Talk About Religion):

Thanks for learning with me. Come back often because there is lots more to learn.

 Eric

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thinking about thoughts…

29 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Consciousness, Faith, Mindful, Philosophy, Spirituality

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Brain, experience, God, philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Physics, psychology, quantum, Quantum mechanics, science, scientific proof, self, spiritual, think, Thought, universe

Thursday, August 29, 2013

What is thought — and…

No one knows where thoughts originate

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how about that!

How do thoughts occur?
Well, it turns out that no one exactly knows.An artist's impression of the gas giant planet thought to be forming in the orbit of young...However, there is evidence that thought originates  from our source… not the brain… no, our energy source.

Watch these video clips and then, let’s talk about it.

Before you experience a conscious thought, there are unconscious brain processes at work behind the scenes that must generate the thought. We know this, but we do not yet have a solid idea regarding what it is about brain function that gives rise to a thought.

Power of thought   Power of thought: http://www.youtube.com/embed/FeFuc-qFKoA video link

Who is God? What do we truly mean when we say “God”?

Who is God: http://www.youtube.com/embed/zqP9wvswqwc video link

One important point to keep in mind regarding any functions of consciousness in the brain is that, even if consciousness serves no functional role whatsoever (as some say), science must explain what consciousness is and how it is part of the natural world.

Quantum physics and consciousness Quantum physics and consciousness: http://www.youtube.com/embed/X8l9AprftVw video link

Oh… don’t let them tell you there is no God… they can’t prove that any more than they can tell you where thoughts come from or go to.

what is a quantum cat?

28 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Consciousness, Philosophy, Science

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Albert Einstein, boson, cat, Copenhagen interpretation, Einstein, Erwin Schrödinger, gluon, higgs, photon, psychology, quantum, Quantum mechanics, quark, Schrödinger's cat, Schrodinger, science, Thought, Thought experiment

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Schrodinger’s Quantum Cat

There is a reason that science can’t pronounce Schrodinger’s Cat dead or alive!Here is why: so, just for fun, think about it!Well, when the box is opened, if you look at the cat, a decision is final… only then is the cat found to be dead or alive. Otherwise, the quantum cat is either or neither… or, as was further suggested, the cat is both dead and alive. Now, this is STRANGE; to say the least. In another few installments, I want take this to some extremes. If you stick around, this cat puzzle will be only the tip of the huge unknown that is becoming known because of this very experiment. This strange thought experiment led to amazing discoveries about the properties of light, quarks, bosons, a time-space fabric, and lots more. Einstein probably can’t rest… its that exciting… so exciting that even grade school kids love learning about physics. This experiment led also to exploring the nature of consciousness and that is what I most want to explore.Strange but possibly true:

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