Unlearn to learn, eliminate what is not necessary to accommodate the useful and the meaningful. Our brain, however curious, also performs delicate recycling tasks while we sleep or meditate to purify ourselves, eliminate weeds and allow ourselves to be stronger. neural connections, thoughts and much more useful and valuable learning to flourish.
Arthur Conan Doyle showed up? How John Watson was caught at one point by something surprising about his flamboyant new roommate. Sherlock Homes didn’t know the Earth was spinning around the Sun. The famous detective gave him excellent reasoning about the reasons for this situation, and another set of data that was for the most part obvious.
“I can’t forget what I want?”-Ciceron-
A person’s brain? Houses explained? It is like a small empty attic in which you have to place the furniture that everyone prefers, people snuggle up in this space a series of objects that are discovering there, little by little there is no room for useful knowledge, however, the expert The craftsman is very careful with what he puts in the attic of the brain: he only admits tools that can help him do his work.
Almost unknowingly, Conan Doyle showed us in this brief introduction to “A Study in Red?”A basic principle about economics or internal gardening in which the brain decides which synaptic connections to eat and which to destroy. It does so based on our lifestyle, interests, experiences and learnings.
Do neurologists often metaphorically say that we have a button?Of course it allows us to save space, eliminate what is not used to build new and stronger connections with which to consolidate a more meaningful learning?It is a process in which, as curious as it may seem, we can also work We explain how to follow.
Many of us continue to maintain the classic idea that the more synaptic connections we make in our brains, the better, we say that this consolidates more learnings, more skills, more skills, the more data, the more knowledge. sherlock Homes is still right in this case: the brain is not an empty attic in which disconnected things have to be accumulated, randomly and massively.
The brain is a sophisticated organ that likes to safeguard and specialize in skills according to its owner, we will give an example: we decided to learn to play the piano and decided to take a course one hour a week, in this case the impact on our brain will be minimal. However, if we take this seriously and start practicing every day, amazing things will happen.
One of them is the so-called synaptic pruning, that is, to create new synapses and circuits in this musical learning, the brain will first eliminate the old neural connections that no longer serve, need space and also need to build new routes. , new bridges and unradied cables for the “new energy” to flow.
To better understand, we can imagine our brains as a garden; Instead of flowers, these are the synaptic connections between neurons, the pathways through which neurotransmitters like dopamine or serotonin move; However, for these new structures to flourish, weeds must first be removed, old leaves cut, and removed to make room. This task is carried out by microglial cells, magical entities to which we owe our ability to consolidate new learnings. It’s a wonderful thing.
We already know that our ability to learn in many cases transcends our own biology, now you will like to know that for this new knowledge to consolidate properly, you have to sleep, neurologists often say that a sleep deprived brain is like a wild Jungle impossible to move forward. It’s chaotic, dark, suffocating and collapsed.
To open roads, clear the terrain and get free space, we need a deep and restful rest. This is where the glyph system comes in; it is the person who performs this laborious task of getting rid of waste, waste and all dead cells resulting from synaptic size. On the other hand, it should be noted that a small nap of 15 minutes in the middle of the day or up to 20 minutes of deep meditation are also useful for making room for new neural connections.
In addition, and as an important point to conclude, neuropsychologists remind us that sometimes simply not focusing our attention on one aspect or “breaking” the cycle of obsessive thoughts that focus on the same topic or person also allows us to “disable”. synapses and eliminate their strength. It’s like pressing the “delete” button, which makes our brain’s attic more comfortable, spacious and more in tune with our needs.
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