Blog Feed: Journey through the Cortex

The sound of the shaman’s drum is very important. A shamanic ritual often begins with heating the drum head over a fire to bring it up to the desired pitch. It is the subtle variations in timbre and ever-changing overtones of the drum that allow the shaman to communicate with the spiritual realm. The shaman uses the drum to open portals to the spirit world and summon helping spirits. As Tuvan musicologist Valentina Suzukei explains, "There is a bridge on these sound waves so you can go from on [..] > read more

Overwelmed and Working Memory

Published on 2012-05-25 04:00:08

Bits and Pieces (Painting and Poem) (Photo credit: faith goble) Frankly I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed and a bit frenetic my world is changing a lot.It's like as my vision improves, I get to see more things. However, i am not editing out the unimportant things and I will focus on the fact that gas stations have bays or that now a plastic cup has very interesting little rings engraved on it. To the normal person these rings are nothing to notice, but they are there. So, I have been a bit [..] > read more

Vision and Behavioral Disorders

Published on 2012-05-24 04:00:02

Example of hazel-green eyes. Photo taken by myself of my own eyes. Laurin Guadiana (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Very Interesting article tying Vision and Behavioral Disorders such as ADHD, Depression, BiPolar Depression, and > read more

Quantum Dots Repair Damaged Neurons

Published on 2012-05-23 15:43:46

English: Quantum dot. Français : Nanocristal. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) English: Complete neuron cell diagram. Neurons (also known as neurones and nerve cells) are electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that process and transmit information. In vertebrate animals, neurons are the core components of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Neuroscientists in Seattle, Washington, have discovered a way to use quantum dots—light-sensitive, semicondu [..] > read more

Life's Messy. Train Your Brain to Adapt

Published on 2012-05-07 04:00:10

My wild ride through my tangled neurons... I found out that I had a learning disability in middle age and a plethora of vision, hearing, balance, and motor skill problems. This is the story of my therapies and my reflections on the developments of the Great Cognitive Revolution afoot that will impact our lives as profoundly as the Internet. Stay tuned! > read more

Living Large | From the Deep

Published on 2012-05-06 12:24:33

Art and Dance Dance Dance

Published on 2012-05-04 21:42:12

Piet Mondrian, Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red, 1937–42, oil on canvas, 72.5 x 69 cm, Tate Gallery. London (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I just finished a painting class. > read more

Mind Wandering Is Linked To Your Working Memory: Scientific American Podcast

Published on 2012-05-04 08:51:39

Baddeley's model of working memory in English (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Think you can stay focused on this podcast for the next 60 seconds? Well that depends on how much working memory you have, according to a new study in the journal > read more

Feeling blue, seeing gray: Reduced contrast sensitivity as a marker for depression : Neurophilosophy

Published on 2012-05-02 04:00:02

I wonder if one day, eye doctors will be diagnosing depression? > read more

Hubby Finishes His First Round of Physical Therapy

Published on 2012-05-01 04:00:09

Saving My Hubby (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For the past few weeks, Hubby has been curled up on the other side of > read more

Can an Algorithm Replace Your Spinal Cord? | IdeaFeed | Big Think

Published on 2012-04-30 04:00:00

Viterbi Algorithm: kink (Photo credit: anthillsocial) Researchers at Northwestern University have decoded how the brain signals intention and used that information to reanimate limbs which no longer function due to a spinal cord injury. By recording a monkey's brain activity while grasping a ball, scientists were able to create an algorithm that described how the monkey's arm responded to the brain's command. Then scientists reversibly > read more

You Are Not Your Brain

Published on 2012-04-29 12:34:04

When I have been thinking about the root of my problems, unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any Grand Theory of Me. > read more

Neuromonics Clinical Summary Details Results of Effective Tinnitus Treatment

Published on 2012-04-29 12:05:01

Here's a nice summary of the clinical trials for Neuronomics in peer reviewed journals. > read more

I Can't Find My Way Out of My Own Backyard

Published on 2012-04-28 04:00:02

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My Body, My Self

Published on 2012-04-27 13:18:00

In my chat with Dr. Siederman about getting 3D vision (binocular vision), > read more

Monitoring Internal Physical States

Published on 2012-04-27 04:00:00

Interesting article by Stephen Porges on a sixth sense, interospection, monitoring internal physical states. > read more

Dinner With Doctor Seiderman

Published on 2012-04-26 04:00:01

Dr Seiderman had me and another middle aged patient present our cases at a dinner with his staff. > read more

The Mathematics of Happiness?

Published on 2012-04-25 04:00:04

Earlier in my life in the course of getting a bachelor's degree in economics, > read more

Update on Hubby's Journey Through His Cortex

Published on 2012-04-24 04:00:00

manga hubby (Photo credit: pillowhead designs) Hubby has been voyaging through his neurons as well. > read more

My vision is getting better and better: More awareness of space

Published on 2012-04-23 04:00:02

Eye movements abductors (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Between the prisms, vision therapy, Cellfield and RevitalVision, I am seeing more space. The prisms are moving my eyes closer together. > read more

What Will This Day Be Like, I Wonder...

Published on 2012-04-22 04:00:08

fancy logo/writing for use in MBTI articles (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What Will My Future Be? I went back to the career counselor and am taking a number of assessments. > read more

RevitalVision is really helping

Published on 2012-04-22 04:00:07

I have been doing RevitalVision almost every day. > read more

Contrast Sensitivity and Auditory Discrimination

Published on 2012-04-21 20:16:48

Illustration for function of contrast sensitivity. Русский: Иллюстрация к статье функция контрастной чувствительности. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Went to visit my audiologist, Maxine Young, > read more

Gluten Free Alcohol Beverages

Published on 2012-04-21 15:44:01

Great discussion of gluten free alcohol. > read more

I Get a Present!!!

Published on 2012-04-20 15:40:00

My occupational therapist and I have been pondering my difficulties with organizing a collage. > read more

A Controlled Trial of Herbal Treatment for ADHD

Published on 2012-04-18 15:39:23

There is a lot of interest in using alternative medicine to treat ADHD. > read more

Gaming and Neuroscience: Opportunities and Challenges | SharpBrains

Published on 2012-04-13 04:00:02

Found a really nice article about a conference of gamers and neuroscientists over at Sharp Brains. > read more

Catching Up

Published on 2012-04-12 09:52:52

Sorry I haven't been blogging but I have had a lot coming at me lately. Finally got the taxes done! > read more

Music and the Journey

Published on 2012-04-01 22:51:45

As my Gentle Readers may surmise, not all of my Journey has been accomplished with movement. > read more

Joys of Tax Time and Therapy

Published on 2012-03-31 21:59:12

Seal of the United States Internal Revenue Service. The design is the same as the Treasury seal with an IRS inscription. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hubby and I have been plowing through our taxes. > read more

Our Wild Divine

Published on 2012-03-29 04:00:06

The grand Meditation Hall of the Burmese Buddhist Temple, Singapore. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When I take a step back and look at what's been happening to me and my husband since I started this blog, we have been going on a great inner journey. > read more

We Are SOOO LAME!!!

Published on 2012-03-28 04:00:05

Dancer Derek Hough and dancer/actress Jennifer Grey,(Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Have you ever looked at yourself in horror and wondered what got you in the position that you are in? My Occupational Therapist, Wilma, told me to start moving within an hour of getting up. > read more

RevitalVision Renews My Vision

Published on 2012-03-27 06:36:09

Who'd have thunk that staring at fuzzy patches in the dark would help your eyesight? As my Gentle Readers know, I have been working on my eyesight for quite some time. > read more

Visit to the Career Counselor

Published on 2012-03-26 04:00:02

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Can Raw Milk Overcome Lactose Intolerance?

Published on 2012-03-25 21:38:12

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A Star is Born

Published on 2012-03-21 04:00:06

A Star is Born!!! I have made a dvd for A Total Approach telling about my journeys with them. > read more

Brain-Art Competition 2011

Published on 2012-03-19 04:00:03

Some fun brain art. > read more

BODY PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE

Published on 2012-03-18 11:12:41

How aware are you of your body? > read more

Mind Wandering

Published on 2012-03-18 11:11:13

When the mind wanders, conscious thoughts come to mind that are only loosely related to the task being performed. This phenomenon produces tension within the cognitive sciences because the interfering nature of these thoughts is at odds with the assumption that such processes are functional in daily life. In their comment, McVay and Kane (2010) suggested that failures in executive control can create the conditions that favor mind wandering—a control-failure hypothesis that questions whether mi [..] > read more

Integrated Body Mind Training

Published on 2012-03-18 11:03:51

Integrated Body Mind Training ( 调节法简介) is a holistic form of meditation based on both traditional Chinese medicine and Western Techniques. > read more

Collages, Vision and Occupational Therapy

Published on 2012-03-18 11:03:23

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Hubby Falls Through The Neuroscience Rabbit Hole

Published on 2012-03-14 04:00:11

You know how sometimes when people find a great gap within themselves, they start to view the world through the lens of that deficiency. You can often see this in alcoholics and drug addicts or their families--that they view the world entirely through an addictive denial/abuse lens or a codependency model or some other model of their particular dysfunction. Well, given my troubles with my neurons, I have pondered other folks through a neuroscience framework as well. I can see it in many plac [..] > read more

OOOHHH, OOOH, OOOHH and Memory Issues

Published on 2012-03-13 04:00:01

Image via Wikipedia I have been recently blogging about memory issues that are being uncovered in my auditory therapies. As my Gentle Readers recall, I did see a neuropsychologist a while back about doing Cogmed, a memory program for these issues. He had looked at my assessment scores for memory on my neuropsychological test and said that they fell in the normal range. So I left it at that for the time being. However, Memory raises its little head, yet once again. Wilma, my occupational th [..] > read more

Thoughts on Integrated Listening System

Published on 2012-03-12 04:00:10

Image via Wikipedia Just finished a 10 day trial of Integrated Listening System's (ILS) Auditory portion. I have done really well on Auditory Figure Ground, Dichotic Listening, Syllables and Filtered Words. Did the max of each portion without any problems except for 1 very tough exercise in Dichotic Listening where words are piped into both ears and you have to repeat both of them. This exercise is tough for folks with normal hearing so I don't feel too bad. No problems with reading to mu [..] > read more

The Upside of Dyslexia

Published on 2012-03-11 04:00:02

THE word “dyslexia” evokes painful struggles with reading, and indeed this learning disability causes much difficulty for the estimated 15 percent of Americans affected by it. Since the phenomenon of “word blindness” was first documented more than a century ago, scientists have searched for the causes of dyslexia, and for therapies to treat it. In recent years, however, dyslexia research has taken a surprising turn: identifying the ways in which people with dyslexia have skills that are [..] > read more

Afternoon of a Faun

Published on 2012-03-10 12:19:49

Faun Pose (Photo credit: Amelie Highfield) I have been a bit pooped out and have been listening to "Afternoon of a Faun" by Debussy. There is an amazing recording by Leopold Stokowski on Youtube that really captures all the colors of that piece. It's a very meditative piece about a dreamy afternoon. Stokowski really captures the delicate overtones and softness. When I listen to it, I just let my mind travel up and down my body in a kind of Buddhist or yogic way. Just letting my mind be [..] > read more

Neuroscience of Success

Published on 2012-03-06 04:00:03

Admittedly, the messenger quoted above is Shakespeare’s arch-villain Iago. But when the message is right, it’s right. Neuroscience and psychology have identified willpower, largely a co-production of genetics and early childhood training, as essential to success in school and beyond. And while overall levels of willpower vary from person to person, there’s only so much of it any of us can expend over a given time period; like a battery, willpower gets depleted, and needs time to recharge. [..] > read more

The 21st Century Brain | Special Series | Big Think

Published on 2012-03-05 04:00:04

Smell: A powerful example of contextual memory – and contextual decisions Let me take a concrete example: one of the most powerful contextual cues that exists, smell. Just like posture, the actual, physical position of our bodies, can affect how we feel and the subsequent decisions we make (as I describer earlier in the week), so too can other bodily cues affect the memories we retrieve. When we smell, we remember—in fact, research has shown that the memories associated with smell are the m [..] > read more

Update on Vision Therapy of March 1 2012

Published on 2012-03-04 15:39:00

Another trot out to Lancaster for Vision Therapy. God, I hope my eyes get better before the price of gas goes up much further. It cost hubby $58 to fill the tank of our Buick. I have been working on Tangrams. This time, they gave me a difficult set so I actually missed a bunch. I have been whizzing through the easier set. We are also working on guesstimating. I also have been guessing the number of toothpicks tossed in front of me and the number of blocks in a jar (without counting) and [..] > read more

Back to the Ears

Published on 2012-03-03 15:25:32

Sorry about not blogging but many other things have been happening in life that have kept me away from the keyboard. Please bear with me. Sometimes I feel like I am bopping around from body part to body part. When I spend a lot of time on the eyes like I have been doing lately, I wonder a bit about the rest of me. Image via Wikipedia My hearing isn't where it should be. I noticed that I still don't catch consonants the way I would like despite the therapies that I have done with it. I [..] > read more

Hormones and ADHD in Women

Published on 2012-03-03 03:00:01

“I’m 43 and since the “flashes” began, my ADHD symptoms are so much worse.” … I’m a 56 year old woman with ADHD on Ritalin and for the last few years my medication does not seem to be working as well as it did several years ago.” … “I’m 53 and seem to have more problems with depression and ADHD now that I am entering menopause.” ADHD Symptoms Image via Wikipedia Women with ADHD need to be aware of several perimenopausal and menopausal issues. First, menopause comes wit [..] > read more

Hubby Goes to Therapy

Published on 2012-02-23 22:31:54

Hubby had the day off and decided to go to therapy with me. Hubby is just a child at heart so he loves to relive his youth. So off we go over hill and dale to Amish country for our first appointment in vision therapy. Image via Wikipedia We drove out and had a nice simple lunch at Achenbachs. Managed not to get into the delicious donuts and pastries. Then went off to therapy. Hubby wasn't sure about some of his vision so one of the therapist decided to give him a quick check. While h [..] > read more

Organizing a Divergent Mind

Published on 2012-02-20 03:00:13

Evernote (Photo credit: Shirley Williams) As a gifted adult, I find myself extremely divergent. I have a plethora of ideas and projects running through my mind, and I enjoy creating and brainstorming. I can expand on these ideas exponentially, ad infinitum…and none of them achieve completion in the real world. As well, “minor,” mundane tasks, such as signing my son up for fall football or charting my daughter’s occupational therapy activities, can flit in and out of my brain at the spee [..] > read more

Update on Vision Therapy 2/17/2012

Published on 2012-02-19 22:16:16

My vision is doing better than what I last reported. Maybe I just needed a week to settle into the new lenses I got a retest on the Worth 4 Dot and with my new prism lenses I am doing much better. I can do all the cards except the last two. Yay!!! I can do most of the clown vectogram. My therapists gave me a quoit (lasso) vectogram to take home and I can do it all with polarized glasses! We worked with flippers again. I am getting good at a lot of the games and we are running out of ch [..] > read more

Living Large

Published on 2012-02-14 04:00:11

As she talked, I reflected on how gifted people are like this. We were created to live large. We possess all these overexcitabilities, intensity, energy, enthusiasm, humor, creativity, and charisma. We were born to command attention when we enter a room! Image via Wikipedia Yet how many of us do? For whatever reasons, many of us have made ourselves small, trying to cram ourselves into society’s prescribed box. Or if we just can’t help drawing attention with our entrances, we try to deflect [..] > read more

Tutorial: Binocular Vision

Published on 2012-02-08 04:00:02

Binocular vision is one of the hallmarks of the human race that has bestowed on it the supremacy in the hierarchy of the animal kingdom. It is an asset with normal alignment of the two eyes, but becomes a liability when the alignment is lost. Binocular Single Vision may be defined as the state of simultaneous vision, which is achieved by the coordinated use of both eyes, so that separate and slightly dissimilar images arising in each eye are appreciated as a single image by the process [..] > read more

If Thy Eye Offends Thee, Pluck It Out

Published on 2012-02-04 04:00:06

“And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. " -- Matthew 5:29-30 Apologies to the right eye, as it is innocent, I think. But, it's my left eye that should be plucked out so that my whole body isn't cast into hell. However, I am on a tear and may just want to pluck out both eyes for good measure. I'm so annoyed with the *%#*!!! left eye th [..] > read more

What You See Is What You Hit | Help ADD with Vision Therapy

Published on 2012-02-03 04:00:10

Good athletes generally have sharper vision than poor athletes. The question is: Can athletes improve their vision? A local optometrist says they can. John Palumbo rested his chin on a bar and fixed his eyes on a red cross at the center of a screen in front of him. For the moment, the red cross is all that is visible. The rest of the screen is the dark night of the soul. But presently little dots of light begin to flash on and off at random points on the screen. The dots flash in his [..] > read more

Only Time

Published on 2012-02-02 04:00:06

Who can saywhere the road goes where the day flowsonly time --Enya Last.fm Cover Trying to get ahold of that elusive, evasive, effluent called Time. Did more time management work in occupational therapy with Wilma. I decided on a mix of Toodledo and Iphone/Ipad calendars. I think one of the things that has been screwing me up is that there is a difference between Planning and Scheduling. Toodledo AppImage by 铁蛋骑士 via Flickr Planning gets lists of things to do. Sch [..] > read more

Prime Yourself to Prescribe Prism

Published on 2012-02-01 06:40:00

Good overview of how to prescribe prism lenses: Prism can be very useful when treating patients with symptomatic binocular vision disorders, but opinions vary widely about how to best determine the amount to prescribe. Indeed, common methods for determining prismatic prescriptions can result in different magnitudes of recommended prism for the same patient. This lack of consensus, along with rough guidelines and apparently contradictory rules of thumb, may make some clinicians uncomfortable pr [..] > read more

Movement analysis in infancy may be useful for early diagnosis of autism

Published on 2012-02-01 03:00:01

Autistic individuals use different parts of their brain for movement Image via Wikipedia Very useful article about spotting autism very early in infants and children. Autistic children showed movement disturbances that could be detected clearly at the age of 4–6 months, and sometimes ev en at birth. Disturbances such as shape of the mouth and in some or all of the milestones of development, including, lying, righting, sitting, crawling, and walking were noted by observers. Movement disord [..] > read more

Strabismus and Mental Health

Published on 2012-01-30 10:23:15

There's some interesting studies done correlating strabismus, a condition in which the eyes are not properly aligned with each other, and mental health problems such as depression and anxiety. According to a study done by the Mayo Clinic, Children with exotropia (eyes pointing outwards) were 3.1 times more likely to develop a psychiatric disorder than were control subjects when monitored to a mean age of 20.3 years. Children with esotropia (eyes pointing inwards) were no more likely to develop [..] > read more

Gifted? ADHD? or Both? A SENG Public Awareness Effort

Published on 2012-01-30 03:00:04

In addition to the recent regrouping of the autism spectrum, definitions of other diagnoses seem to be challenged as well. Very bright individuals run the risk of being diagnosed with ADHD or misdiagnosed. The nonprofit organization, Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG), recently sent a letter of concern to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in response to the AAP’s new guideline discussed in “ADHD: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of [..] > read more

Another Day of Vision Therapy -- Jan 24

Published on 2012-01-27 18:19:43

Don't know what's gotten into me, but I have been quite late again for Vision Therapy. Fortunately, they are pretty nice about it. It's not very nice to people, and, I am on an organization and time management kick, so I am trying to stick to schedules and so forth. At any rate, we made sure the left eye was up and running. Becky had me wear red and green glasses and walk to and from a light source. She didn't want me to see either red or green; just a nice clear picture and my left eye obl [..] > read more

Thoughts About Future Directions In Therapy

Published on 2011-06-27 09:58:21

Image via WikipediaI have been pondering what to do after I finish Interactive Metronome and a course of Captain's Log. It's really hard to say as getting my brain and body together is a multidisciplinary problem. I still haven't found a > read more

Interactive Metronome: Round 2 First Week

Published on 2011-06-25 23:24:47

Well, just did my first week of Interactive Metronome (IM). My hand clapping has gotten better and I am now down to 30 milliseconds. Toe Tapping with both feet is around 80 milliseconds and both heels are about there. The same with my one > read more

Rocket Dress Makes Me a Certified Clothes Pony

Published on 2011-06-23 04:00:00

Yup, that's right! I have been really complimented on my taste. Went to my high school reunion dinner and met up with a bunch of folks. It's interesting to see where we all have ended up after 35 years. We are alot more relaxed amon > read more

Back to Interactive Metronome

Published on 2011-06-22 09:16:15

Sorry, I haven't posted. Went to high school reunion and then off to the relatives. Also, have been doing some home projects relating to organizing! Never mind packing and unpacking for the weekends. I have gone back to A Total App > read more

DEVELOPMENT OF FINE MOTOR SKILLS: Pre Printing Skills

Published on 2011-06-15 20:08:08

Many parents & educators strive for their children & students to be able to print their name upon entering Kindergarten. Is this a realistic expectation? There are many factors that contribute to a child’s ability to print. However most of > read more

DEVELOPMENT OF FINE MOTOR SKILLS: Pre Printing Skills

Published on 2011-06-15 20:08:08

Gluten Free Italian, Two Martinis and Seeing in 3D

Published on 2011-06-05 17:05:56

Does Drinking Improve Stereovision? Since my husband had a professional exam to take-- you know, one of those long drawn out all-day affairs, we booked a room for the night in Philadelphia Mariott right on the Avenue of the Arts. We walked ar > read more

Gluten Free Italian, Two Martinis and Seeing in 3D

Published on 2011-06-05 17:05:56

Nerve Stimulation Highly Effective in Battling Tinnitus, Nature Study Reports - UT Dallas News

Published on 2011-06-03 12:02:17

Image via WikipediaMicroTransponder, a neuroscience-based medical device company, was founded by UT Dallas Ph.D. candidate Will Rosellini and sponsored by the school’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. MicroTransponder is developing > read more

Nerve Stimulation Highly Effective in Battling Tinnitus, Nature Study Reports - UT Dallas News

Published on 2011-06-03 12:02:17

Itchy, Itchy, Itchy: Poison Ivy and GFCF

Published on 2011-06-02 18:38:05

I've got the itchi's all right. I've got a good case of Poison Ivy all over me. It has even got on my face and I have two red spots on my eyelids. I better stay righteous on my diet and stay away from gluten and casein (dairy) > read more

Itchy, Itchy, Itchy: Poison Ivy and GFCF

Published on 2011-06-02 18:38:05

Emotion and ADHD

Published on 2011-06-01 11:20:50

From Dr. Russell Barkley's keynote address at CHADD Triangle meeting. "Bottom line is that Dr. Russel Barkley now believes that emotion is a key component of ADHD. He has convincing arguments that our ADHD emotions are NORMAL emotions but because of > read more

Emotion and ADHD

Published on 2011-06-01 11:20:50

Next Steps for Fine Motor Skills

Published on 2011-05-28 19:04:11

Saw Dr. Osterman and had an EMG. As expected, the EMG showed nothing wrong. The good Doctor said that there's no medicine nor shots that would help me out. According to him, I am on the cutting edge of dealing with autism spectrum d > read more

Next Steps for Fine Motor Skills

Published on 2011-05-28 19:04:11

Cognitive Rehab in Schizophrenia: Can this help Developmental Disorders?

Published on 2011-05-27 04:00:06

Can Cognitive Research in Schizophrenia help cognitive disorders for developmental disorders? Interesting article about Cognitive Rehab for Schizophrenia makes me wonder how much of this is transferable to cognitive problems for autism and adhd. I > read more

Cognitive Rehab in Schizophrenia: Can this help Developmental Disorders?

Published on 2011-05-27 04:00:06

Five Ways to Channel Your Inner Millionaire

Published on 2011-05-25 08:15:56

"But the PFC (prefrontal Cortex) must be coaxed into action. Vanderbilt University management professor Richard Daft says that the average human spends only about 2 percent to 10 percent of their time each day using the executive brain. The vas > read more

Five Ways to Channel Your Inner Millionaire

Published on 2011-05-25 08:15:56

Usagi and Non Verbal Learning Disorder

Published on 2011-05-23 21:38:02

Found an interesting little discussion about Usagi from the Japanese Anime, Sailor Moon and a layman's diagnosis of Non Verbal Learning Disorder Image via Wikipedia With fine motor skills, Usagi has a lot of difficulty doing arts and crafts and mak > read more

Usagi and Non Verbal Learning Disorder

Published on 2011-05-23 21:38:02

Crash, Boom, Bang: An Accident Leads to a Massive Attack of Executive Function

Published on 2011-05-22 21:26:46

One night, my husband and I were woken up by a big crash. Something went Bang in the middle of the night. At the time, we thought it was a tree branch banging on our roof. We had a number of tree limbs cut away from our house and th > read more

Crash, Boom, Bang: An Accident Leads to a Massive Attack of Executive Function

Published on 2011-05-22 21:26:46

Down the Rabbit Hole

Published on 2011-05-21 20:20:28

I went to see another neuropsychologist regarding social skills training. My first thought about this was, well, I am just following orders. I was told to see someone like this... that it is the most important thing and so I should do it. > read more

Stuff is Poppin' Out All Over

Published on 2011-05-19 19:17:45

Well, 5 days after my last vision therapy appointment and the world is poppin' out all over. I see trees and buildings "Popped Out" .... as in, I am no longer living in flat land. This is really great news as my vision has expanded to way > read more

Smell, Memory and My Big Fat Honkingly Large Neuron

Published on 2011-05-18 09:49:42

A single interneuron controls activity adaptively in 50,000 neurons, enabling consistently sparse codes for odors. The brain is a coding machine: it translates physical inputs from the world into visual, olfactory, auditory, tactile perc > read more

Make Your Day Planner A Life Planner

Published on 2011-05-10 16:32:50

Lots of Good Tips on How to Use a Day Planner. Been there? Done that? Lost a dozen? Using a day planner one of the most essential coping skills that a woman with ADD can develop, but it's one that you need to practice > read more

How Do You See the Color Copper?

Published on 2011-05-09 04:00:04

At some point, I dearly want to go back to painting. I have a bunch of stuff to do as I am also on a major organizing kick. You know, using the old prefrontal cortex. Executive Function. Organizing. After I organize mys > read more

Music Therapy with Indian Carnatic Music: Ragas to Cure Sleeping Disorders

Published on 2011-05-08 04:00:02

I am getting interested in therapeutic aspects of music, especially non-Western music. Other cultures have used music in spas where physicians would prescribe music according to the illness. I don't know if these claims are true but surel > read more

Vision Therapy: Bionic Diopters

Published on 2011-05-07 18:37:59

Marianne and I have been working on vision therapy in space. We have been running the HTS system with a projector that projects the computer to the wall. We are working on base-in (converging the eyes) and base-out (diverging the eyes). > read more

Next Round Of Vision Therapy

Published on 2011-04-30 22:14:34

Went back to Vision Therapy for a few more sessions to get 3D vision. It was good to see Marianne, the vision therapist. The practice has bought a new machine, a projector that hooks up to the computer. Marianne reran the software program > read more

Death By Peeps

Published on 2011-04-29 10:25:18

My Peeps Have Done Me In! Oh Man! What is Life Coming To, When You Can't Trust Your Peeps? I don't mean peeps as in Crew or in Mob or Fans or Friends. I mean Peeps as in Chicks... Hot, Delicious Easter Chicks. My all time favorite were the > read more

Gluten Free Alcohol

Published on 2011-04-28 22:17:55

Here's a nice little article about gluten free drinking. "All distilled beverages, a.k.a. spirits, are gluten-free. Distilled beverages with added flavoring are not necessarily gluten free, but several types of American schnapps are. If the distilled > read more

Ms. Snuffalafugas

Published on 2011-04-27 08:29:25

I'm going back to being Snuffy, aka Ms. Snuffalafugas, as I start tickling my olfactory neurons in my nose. In addition to prescribing me alpha lipoic acid, Dr. Doty has told me to start sniffing different scents. So I am adding some morning > read more

My Very Own Project Runway

Published on 2011-04-25 21:38:32

Image via WikipediaI just realized another upside to all the therapy that I have been doing. I can put on jewelry now mostly all by my self. This is a good thing as I have inherited my MIL's costume jewelry and a Chico's gift card. > read more

Vision Therapy and Performance IQ

Published on 2011-04-25 09:19:04

I am wondering what the impact of vision therapy might have on Performance IQ. Performance IQ is a measure of non-verbal intelligence. It is composed of six tests and it also provided two subindexes; perceptual organization and proc > read more

Curious about Vision Therapy's Wider Impacts

Published on 2011-04-22 09:18:06

Getting back on the stick. MIL passed away 2 weeks ago and life is returning back to normal which means going back to therapy and blogging. Many thanks to my gentle readers for bearing with me at this time. Image via Wikipedia In returni > read more

Update on Orthotics and Vision Therapy

Published on 2011-03-21 21:47:37

Just got my orthotics and I feel like my balance has definitely improved. I am pretty happy about feeling more grounded. Got on the Wii Fit and noticed that my Center of Balance is definitely better. Made my appointment for vision therap > read more

ADD and ADHD Software and Tools - Are They The Cure?

Published on 2011-03-09 22:33:47

The article reviews Cogmed, Brainware Safari, Brain Builder, and Brain Skills. I've done a little bit of Brainware Safari during vision therapy. I may end up doing Cogmed. http://www.braintraining101.com/which-adhd-softw > read more

Hildegard and the Journey

Published on 2011-03-06 07:52:09

As my gentle readers know, periodically I interrupt the science and the story of my neurons and wonder about the why I am doing all this and the what of greater consciousness. I mean, there's got to be a point to it all. As Shakesp > read more

Painting at the Fleisher

Published on 2011-03-04 08:48:06

Goethe's color wheelImage via WikipediaThis winter I have been taking two art classes: on on color theory and the other on Painting Intuitively at the Fleisher Memorial Art Center. The Fleisher Memorial grew out of the Graphic Sketch Club found > read more

Aspitude!

Published on 2011-03-03 08:02:48

Nice Story about an autistic woman who is a gymnast. Kassiane Sibley is a vintage 1982 autistic woman who lives in the Pacific Northwest. She has spoken at conferences across the western hemisphere and is active in Autistic and neurodiversity advoc > read more

Game On For This Year!

Published on 2011-03-02 09:28:33

Getting this year's game plan together. In the middle of the hugga mugga with MIL, I somehow squeezed in some more assessments for myself: hearing, vision, back, and hand. HearingImage via Wikipedia I saw my audiologist, Maxine Yo > read more

Working memory: a better predictor of academic success than IQ? | SharpBrains

Published on 2011-02-28 23:12:20

"Working memory is the abilty to hold information in your head and manipulate it mentally. You use this mental workspace when adding up two numbers spoken to you by someone else without being able to use pen and paper or a calculator. Children > read more

The Plot Thickens

Published on 2011-02-25 09:34:57

Like a good novels, the kind that you don't want to put the book down, last month has been woven with more twists and turns than a Dashiell Hammer mystery. Things have seemed to build up to a moment where a revelation > read more

Sorry, I haven't been posting

Published on 2011-02-21 06:55:53

but MIL is very ill and I have been otherwise occupied. I will try and post more later this week.My wild ride through my tangled neurons... I found out that I had a learning disability in middle age and a plethora of vision, hearing, balance, > read more

Try Thinking and Learning Without Working Memory

Published on 2011-02-14 13:49:54

Imagine dialing a phone number by having to look up each digit one at a time in the phone book. Normally, you look up the number and remember all seven digits long enough to get it dialed. Even with one digit at a time, you would h > read more

Fwd: ThinkFood for Brain Health: Chicken & Pecan Enchiladas

Published on 2011-02-11 23:17:33

Some "Brain Friendly" Food from Posit Science. Apparently, they have a series about brain friendly nutrition that features foodies: > read more

Cure for Tinnitus Is Going to Clinical Trials

Published on 2011-02-09 13:00:23

American scientists claim to have developed a cure for tinnitus, a condition that causes incessant ringing in the ears. Researchers have found that by stimulating the part of the brain that causes the disorder they were able to make the rin > read more

My Eyes are Stuck

Published on 2011-02-07 08:10:02

It Sucks! My eyes are stuck... I have plateaued in my quest for 3D vision. I can put my finger up and get objects in my house behind my finger to double up but I can't seem to do it for objects in the distance outside. It's a lo > read more

Mii has Fun On the Wii

Published on 2011-02-06 23:40:14

I've been doing the WII Fit with Balance Board for the past couple of weeks on a fun basis rather than using it seriously to try and improve my balance. I'm only doing what I feel like doing. So, I'm just goofing about... giving my > read more

Published on 2011-02-05 22:13:28

A colleague sent along this video tonight and though I’d seen it before, and we’ve been using the VEP unit in our office for several years, I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the clip. You may recognize the name of the pediatric oph > read more

Improve Your Memory by Building a Memory Palace

Published on 2011-01-31 14:36:14

At the World Memory Championships, top competitors memorize the order of 20 shuffled decks of cards in an hour and more than 500 random digits in 15 minutes, among other events. Think you have what it takes? Believe it or not, almost everybody has > read more

Alpha Lipoic Acid, Smell and Memory

Published on 2011-01-30 11:46:21

I have just ordered Alpha lipoic acid as per my doctor's suggestions to improve my sense of smell. Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) has a number of interesting properties besides improving the sense of smell. ALA also improves memory by helping nerve regene > read more

Awwww Fugedaboutit!!

Published on 2011-01-28 20:05:43

You can tell I live in the NorthEast with a title like that. No one else in the country bellows Fugadeaboutit in quite the same way. We're a bit more, how shall I say it, salt of the earth. At any rate, somehow it is fitting t > read more

That's All She Wrote On the Tummy

Published on 2011-01-26 08:48:26

Saw the head of Gastroenterology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for a second opinion on my tummy troubles. He doesn't think I have malabsorption. He will look into why my MCH and MCV values are slightly higher than norm > read more

A Funny: For We Like Sheep!

Published on 2011-01-25 14:59:11

I just wanted to pass along a funny. As many of you know, I have been listening to songs as my hearing has been getting better and I have been trying to figure out what has changed and what has stayed the same. Image via Wikipedia I put on Handel's > read more

Head Strong Brain Health

Published on 2011-01-24 07:23:12

Strengthening your brain makes it healthier. Pet Scan of the BrainImage via Wikipedia An Australian company, Headstrong, with the eminent Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg as founder, has developed a "cognitive gym". Unlike strictly software pr > read more

Food industry FAIL

Published on 2011-01-23 15:39:51

Foods promoted as healthy for kids—surprise!—are mostly not. Image via WikipediaThe "Claiming Health: Front-of-Package Labeling of Children's Food" [PDF] study examined over 50 products that food companies advertise as their heal > read more

Organization - How To Organize Your Life and Space

Published on 2011-01-22 21:34:37

Here's a collection of ways to better organize yourself. With Executive Dysfunction, you end up trolling through different systems hoping for the silver bullet. 5 simple ways to Get and Stay OrganizedCover of Organize Yourself 3 Health Benefi > read more

Neurofeedback Goes Mass Market

Published on 2011-01-21 08:17:23

I have always thought of neurofeedback as something custom tailored to you, but apparently not. Brain State Technologies is going mass market with neurofeedback by opening franchises throughout the country. Yup, franchising, the same tech > read more

To Orthotic or Not to Orthotic: That is the Question

Published on 2011-01-20 04:00:02

To Orthotic or Not to Orthotic: That is the Question: Whether 'tis nobler in the feet to suffer The aches and stress of poor foot alignment Or, to Spend a Lot of Money And By Supporting Feet, End the Suffering. Image by .imelda via Flickr > read more

Visual Search Skills and Autism

Published on 2011-01-19 04:00:06

The ability to find shoes in the bedroom, apples in a supermarket, or a favourite animal at the zoo is impaired among children with autism, according to new research from the University of Bristol. Contrary to previous studies, which show that chi > read more

I Told You

Published on 2011-01-18 08:43:40

"I Told You" (No, You Didn't. At least, not that I can recall) ... "Do I Have to Repeat Myself" ( Yes, You Do.) Image via Wikipedia These are some of the problems you can have when you can't remember what people have just told you.& > read more

I don't know anybody who isn't championing local food

Published on 2011-01-17 04:00:00

A lot of us with food allergies are thinking about food and how to make what we can eat taste better. So I clipped this bunch of resources about local food. Image via Wikipedia "I don't know anybody who is NOT championing local produce and loca > read more

Best Fruit Now!

Published on 2011-01-16 21:11:47

I found a great site about what's the best fruit to buy right now. Tommy K, the author of the site, BestFruitNow.com, is in the wholesale fruit and vegetable business in Philadelphia. I wonder if he supplies the Italian > read more

Oif

Published on 2011-01-15 09:18:35

Oif, Oif, Oif... and I don't mean Operation Iraqi Freedom.... just moan, moan, moan... Brain CoralImage by drurydrama (Len Radin) via Flickr I have finished 2 of the easier games in Posit Science's Brain Fitness and now, I have only 4 games left.&n > read more

Checkpoint on My Brain Fitness

Published on 2011-01-14 04:00:00

I am about three quarters of the way through Posit Science's "Brain Fitness" and my hearing has really improved. I have been doing this in conjunction with about 1/2 -1 hour on the WII Fitness (with the Balance Board) and my WII scores recently > read more

A Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World

Published on 2011-01-13 04:00:01

We have the crucial new knowledge! Earth was not created a few thousand years ago, but neither is it an average planet of an average star in a universe where no place is special, as many scientifically educated people assume. Earth is incredi > read more

Old Home Week with Maxine

Published on 2011-01-12 04:00:08

Going back to see my audiologist, Maxine Young, is like old home week. Maxine met me with a big hug and complimented me on the softness of the vest I was wearing. I have been looking forward to seeing her as she is not only a very smart c > read more

Smell Evaluation at UPenn Taste and Smell Clinic

Published on 2011-01-11 06:57:53

Spent a whole day doing an Evaluation at the University of Pennsylvania Taste & Smell Clinic. They put a gustometer, a meter that by provoking metallic like tastes on the tongue. They gave me two trials on a variety of different > read more

What's Love Got To Do With It?

Published on 2011-01-07 08:50:41

"What’s love got to do with it? Tina Turner doesn’t necessarily have the eyes in mind when she belts out that tune, but neuroscientists do. Trolling for something else this morning, I came across a a great viewpoint piece I had forgotten about, > read more

Listen to the Children: Gifted Children and Vision

Published on 2011-01-06 09:39:56

Neuronal CellsImage via WikipediaDo Gifted Children Choose Their Gifts? In a provocative article, Dr. Leonard Press, COVD, poses the question of the bright children he sees in his practice who have instinctively understood the limitations of neuro > read more

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