An Introduction to Neuroscience

The possibilities are endless...

As a neuroscience student I am constantly daily astounded by the capabilities of our brains.  The idea that 86 billion neurons are working in unison to create the world around us is almost unbelievable. As I continue to learn, I constantly find valuable ideas and lessons that I feel people would appreciate if only the information were able to reach them.

This is the idea behind Neurosimplicity. Neurosimplicity would like to contribute to the growing community of followers that are interested in understanding how our brain works and how they can apply it to their daily lives. Although I am still learning myself, I hope that what comes up in this blog will be beneficial to individuals in understanding the world as it is to finding more about themselves and the people around them.

To my own end, I will also use this blog to test a theory. Recently, I published an idea on my alternative blog, Life's Optimist (http://lifesoptimist.blogspot.ca/) , that relies on Alvaro Pascual-Leone's studies showing that thinking about a physical movement like playing the piano can stimulate the brain regions associated with that motor control. To this end, I have wanted to try the concept of teaching oneself to be ambidextrous without any actual practice. Conceptually I believe this is reasonable as it manipulates a similar motor movements and timing sequence as required to play a piano. To test this, I will be uploading photos each week after taking twenty minutes each day to practice writing, mentally, and letting readers interpret the results.

While this is just one aspect of what's happening at Neurosimplicity, I will continue to update the site with news and information that may be beneficial for you as readers. In the end, I hope some valuable information will reach people who simply wish to learn about the brain and share in the amazing possibilities that neuroscience is beginning to shed light on.

Cheers!

Ps- Forgive the background. Cool Neuroscience related BG to be updated!