3 Facts about Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute defines it like this on their website: “Sleep apnea (AP-ne-ah) is …
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Brain and Mind fundamentals curated bij mindfunda.com
The Ideal World: Is Science Going to Create it?
In an ideal world we would learn from the past and create a future that is based on the progress …
Ramon y Cajal: Father of Neurology and his Vision on Dreams
A Book review of The Dreams of Santiago Ramon y Cajal by Benjamin Ehrlich
In this blog you will find out:
why the Nobel price winner Cajal wanted to proof Freud wrong
How to Analyse a dream with an Archetype in 4 Easy Steps
How do you analyse a dream that clearly features an Archetype ? This blog gives you three easy steps. This is part two of a series of HOW TO blogs about dreams on Mindfunda. Each one features a case study in which I carefully, step by step attribute meaning to dream symbols.
Aging and Becoming: A Roadmap Towards Authenticity
Aging and Becoming, A Reflective Inquiry, written by Susan Scott and Susan Schwartz is a book that will try to paint a roadmap of your journey through aging, using the letters of the alphabet as gps points.
Spiritual Soul Searching: Mindfunda Course
In our rational Western Society, dreams are no longer regarded portals into higher knowledge. Do something radical and challenge yourself to set aside everything you were taught about religion. Become your own guru and let your intuition and dreams guide the path of your life.
Freud in His Time and Ours
Freud in His Time and Ours by Roudinesco contains more than 400 pages of information about Freud, his life, his disciples and his personality. A must read for anyone who is interested in dreams.
Nutrition, Neurons, and the Brain: Your Brain on Food Book Review
Your Brain on Food, How Chemicals Control Your Thoughts And Feelings by Gary L. Wenk Oxford University Press, 2010, 2015, …
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Book Review: 11 titles on Mindfunda 2016
Welcome to this years’ list of book review’s that I put on Mindfunda. At its core, Mindfunda is here to …
Consciousness: the Ripples in the Lake of the Brain
‘A Day in the Life of the Brain – The Neuroscience of Consciousness from Dawn Till Dusk’ by Susan Greenfield …
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3 things you should know about a Visitation Dream
A Visitation Dream is like an orgasm. If you had one, you know it. There is no doubt about it. …
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Children Dream about Sleep Monsters and Superheroes
Sleep Monsters and Superheroes: Empowering Children through Creative Dreamplay Clare R. Johnson and Jean M. Campbell, Editors ABC-CLIO, LLC 2016, …
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How to Remember your Dreams
Today’s Guest Blog: Remembering Dreams is written by Christian Gerike M.A, who teaches The Psychology of Dreams at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, …
Sleeping Well, Remembering Dreams
Today’s Guest Blog: Sleeping Well, Remembering Dreams is written by Christian Gerike M.A, who teaches The Psychology of Dreams at Sonoma State …
Problem Solving using the Committee of Sleep
Life is about problem solving. You just conquered a problem. Before you have a chance to lay back and enjoy …
Cognitive Dream Theory: Bill Domhoff
Mindfunda Talked with Bill Domhoff about the Cognitive Dream Theory. In the Mindfunda Online Course Dreaming about the Brain, this …
Conscious: our capacity to know about us
Being Conscious to me is knowing who you are. Having a concept of self. Being type one diabetic I have experienced …
Neurologic: understanding more of you and your world
Neurologic. The aim of this very readable book of Eliezer Sternberg is to explain how the brain acts while you do …
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Sleeping beauty as modern day Inanna
In the month of December Mindfunda will publish a series of blogs about the descent. Today’s blog is about the resemblance of the story of Sleeping Beauty with the Descent Mythology.
Evolution: a new ancestor of homo sapiens
A new ancestor of human has been found: Homo Naledi. Mindfunda tells you about the cave and the people responsible for making the discovery in a cave in South Africa. Read about the new Rosetta Stone and how this piece of the puzzles raises new questions about our inheritance.
Evan Thompson: Waking, Dreaming, Being
Susanne van Doorn from Mindfunda interviewed philosopher Evan Thompson about his book ‘Waking, Dreaming, Being’. Evan Thompson builds a bridge between Western …
Alzheimer day
September 21, Alzheimer day. Twenty million people worldwide are diagnosed with Alzheimer. Alzheimer is named after the German doctor Alois Alzheimer. …
Oliver Sacks, the man from Awakenings, about dreaming
“Waking consciousness is dreaming – but dreaming constrained by external reality” ―Oliver Sacks Oliver Sacks, one of my hero’s died …
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Meditation
Reading ‘The Buddha Pill’ written by Miguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm gave me some insights into meditation I want to share with …
Dreaming: Do you know Where your Consciousness Goes when You fall asleep?
You are tired. You lie down in bed, close your eyes, yawn and drift away… What happened to your consciousness? Dreaming by Jennifer Windt addresses this question. Philosophical groundwork for modern dream research.
Tryptophan, the royal road to sleep
If dreams are the royal road to the unconscious as Freud once said, then tryptophan is our royal road to sleep.
Take a nap to improve your hippocampus
German researchers have showed in a recent research that taking a nap improves your grades at school
Ray Kurzweil: futurist or fool?
Some say Ray Kurzweil is a genius. Some say Ray Kurzweil is a mad-man. When he was 17 Ray created …
Mind your micro expressions?
Micro expressions. We heard of them. We saw the smile of O.J. and we all thought he was guilty. …
Spirit molecule: the stuff dreams are made of
Is there a specific molecule responsible for dreaming? And -if so- could it be Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)? Rick Strassman wrote a book about it: The spirit molecule.
Dream recall, a question of packing things together
Dream recall: there are ways to improve it. Research shows that there is also a difference in brain activity. Participate in a new study about dream recall done by Grefgory Scott Sparrow, Kelley Bulkeley and Ryan Hurd.
Michio Kaku: the dreaming mind
Imagine that you are in the cinema late at night. You sit down in your chair, comfortable, relax and watch …
Dopamine dreaming
During dreaming the dopamine pathway in the brain plays an important role. ‘Mr. Pleasure principle’ Mark Solms, the man who …
Music: what does it mean to you?
Without music, life would be a mistake Nietzsche I think music has a special meaning for us don’t you? We, …
Oneirology: what a day for a daydream
The word Oneirology is built out of Oneiron: dreams and logica: making sense of. Oneirology is the scientific study of dreams. …
Neurology newsflash: new neurons trained in sleep
In today’s Mindfunda I want to dedicate a blog to the brain. To neurology to be more specific (see here …
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What your cd collection tells about your personality traits
Psychologist Sam Gosling wrote an interesting book about what your material stuff (your cd and book collection even your paintings and even …
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10 remarkable things about the human brain
Unexpected Fact #1: There are no right-brained versus left brained people! Unexpected Fact #2: Awareness can not be traced back …
Sleep: how long can you stay awake? and 15 other secrets about sleep
What is the longest time somebody did not sleep? What happens in the brain when we sleep? Why do you …
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Brain waves can move objects
Using brain waves to move an object: a drone. It flies on brain power, by focussing on moves.