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HTML <html> <head> <title>Visualization Creates Changes in Your Brain</title> </head> <body> <h1>Visualization Creates Changes in Your Brain</h1> <div class="info">Author: <a href="author_1_119576.html">Debra LaQua</a></div><div class="body">Research is constantly finding more and more evidence to support what the ancients have taught for ages, that visualizing or imagining an action creates the same changes in your brain that occur when you actually perform the action. Knowing this gives you amazing power to improve your skills and and change your responses to situations. <br /> <br /> When I was taking classes at the University of Minnesota medical school as a part of my PhD program, I was totally blown away by some of the new (and not-so-new) research. For instance, a study was done using PET scans that compared the parts of the brain that lit up when a person performed an action and when that person simply imagined performing the action. <br /> <br /> The amazing thing is that many of the same parts of the brain lit up in both situations; researchers couldn't really tell from looking at activity in certain areas of the brain whether the person was performing the action or simply thinking about performing it. <br /> <br /> If you practice a new skill or activity by visualizing yourself doing it perfectly, you can achieve almost the same amount of improvement as you would if you went out on the court and practiced. This is true for all kinds of sports and other activities, including things like piano and guitar, typing, and so on. You get the idea.<br /> <br /> <b>Visualization Can Change Your Brain's Programming</b><br /> <br /> Recent research has also shown that your brain activity shows similar changes (observed by using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI) whether you are remembering an incident in your past, or imagining that incident happening in your future.<br /> <br /> So when you sit down to quiet your mind and visualize an activity in your future, or script an event, know that your brain can't really tell the difference between that and your having the actual experience. <br /> <br /> And why is this important? <br /> <br /> Your brain stores data as you move through your life. It keeps track of what you have thought and done, how you did it, and what the results were. And it uses that data to influence your choices of activity and thoughts in the future. <br /> <br /> If you lean on a hot stove and burn yourself, the next time you come near a hot stove you will most likely remember that burn, and avoid leaning on the stove. And you know how you can smell a fragrance and it takes you almost immediately back to another time in your life? Or you turn into your driveway and you realize that you just drove home without really thinking about it?<br /> <br /> That is all a result of your brain storing information related to past experiences.<br /> <br /> The power of visualization or mental practice allows us to feed our brains with new information. And this time, it is information that you want it to have, instead of stuff it has just picked up in daily living. <br /> <br /> When you understand the power of visualization, you have an important key that will allow you to predetermine your reactions and responses to situations in your future to be closer to what you desire. <br /> <br /> <br /> Do you want to create more wealth in your life? Learn the three step formula for creating anything you want in the free Ecourse, "Attract the Success You Desire." Go to http://www.WealthAttractionFormula.com and enroll to receive this life-changing course directly to your email box. <br /> <br /> Copyright 2008 – Debra LaQua. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Reprint Rights: You may reprint this article as long as you do not edit the article in any way, leave all of the links active, give author name credit and follow all of the EzineArticles terms of service for Publishers.<br /> <br /> Debra LaQua earned her PhD in Educational Psychology with a minor in Neurosciences from the University of Minnesota. She has worked in public education as well as being an entrepreneur. Her passion is learning, and topics of interest include quantum physics, Law of Attraction, internet marketing and copywriting, as well as education-related subjects such as Response to Intervention and data-based decision-making.<br /> <br /> <br /> </div> <div class="source">Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlealley.com/article_589959_24.html">http://www.articlealley.com/article_589959_24.html</a></div> <div class="author"> <div class="authorBio"></div> <div class="authorUrl"><a href="http://www.WealthAttractionFormula.com" target="_blank">http://www.WealthAttractionFormula.com</a></div></author> </body> </html>
Text Visualization Creates Changes in Your Brain Author: Debra LaQua Research is constantly finding more and more evidence to support what the ancients have taught for ages, that visualizing or imagining an action creates the same changes in your brain that occur when you actually perform the action. Knowing this gives you amazing power to improve your skills and and change your responses to situations. When I was taking classes at the University of Minnesota medical school as a part of my PhD program, I was totally blown away by some of the new (and not-so-new) research. For instance, a study was done using PET scans that compared the parts of the brain that lit up when a person performed an action and when that person simply imagined performing the action. The amazing thing is that many of the same parts of the brain lit up in both situations; researchers couldn't really tell from looking at activity in certain areas of the brain whether the person was performing the action or simply thinking about performing it. If you practice a new skill or activity by visualizing yourself doing it perfectly, you can achieve almost the same amount of improvement as you would if you went out on the court and practiced. This is true for all kinds of sports and other activities, including things like piano and guitar, typing, and so on. You get the idea. Visualization Can Change Your Brain's Programming Recent research has also shown that your brain activity shows similar changes (observed by using functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI) whether you are remembering an incident in your past, or imagining that incident happening in your future. So when you sit down to quiet your mind and visualize an activity in your future, or script an event, know that your brain can't really tell the difference between that and your having the actual experience. And why is this important? Your brain stores data as you move through your life. It keeps track of what you have thought and done, how you did it, and what the results were. And it uses that data to influence your choices of activity and thoughts in the future. If you lean on a hot stove and burn yourself, the next time you come near a hot stove you will most likely remember that burn, and avoid leaning on the stove. And you know how you can smell a fragrance and it takes you almost immediately back to another time in your life? Or you turn into your driveway and you realize that you just drove home without really thinking about it? That is all a result of your brain storing information related to past experiences. The power of visualization or mental practice allows us to feed our brains with new information. And this time, it is information that you want it to have, instead of stuff it has just picked up in daily living. When you understand the power of visualization, you have an important key that will allow you to predetermine your reactions and responses to situations in your future to be closer to what you desire. Do you want to create more wealth in your life? Learn the three step formula for creating anything you want in the free Ecourse, "Attract the Success You Desire." Go to http://www.WealthAttractionFormula.com and enroll to receive this life-changing course directly to your email box. Copyright 2008 – Debra LaQua. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Reprint Rights: You may reprint this article as long as you do not edit the article in any way, leave all of the links active, give author name credit and follow all of the EzineArticles terms of service for Publishers. Debra LaQua earned her PhD in Educational Psychology with a minor in Neurosciences from the University of Minnesota. She has worked in public education as well as being an entrepreneur. Her passion is learning, and topics of interest include quantum physics, Law of Attraction, internet marketing and copywriting, as well as education-related subjects such as Response to Intervention and data-based decision-making. Article Source: http://www.articlealley.com/article_589959_24.html About the Author: http://www.WealthAttractionFormula.com
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