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June 20, 2005
Blogging changes your brain
.... to the positive.
Basically, the brain changes when you engage in new or engaging activities over a period of time. Neurons start to fire at the beginning of a new activity, more at the surface of the brain structure (I don't want to give the real name here, for the sake of simplicity). After a while, when learning of this activity becomes more common, frequent, or routine, the section of the brain that was engaged in the learning is pushed to lower levels - the learning becomes more automated - and the neurons are made available for new learning.
Now blogging challenges many people. We find exciting or less exciting stuff to write, we analyse, comment, oppose or even flame - basically, we think analytical, probably emotional and, especially, engaged. Bloggers think fast on their feet - you blog when the idea is still in your head, when a burning desire in your stomach informs you that there is something urgent to write about.
Since we also find read stuff that we didn't think of in the first place, our brains are constantly challenged, neutrons create more and more linkages.
Now, isn't this an exciting thing for bloggers?
I am not agreeing with all that has been written in this blog. Blogs are very verbal, while there are people that prefer visulas, for example. However, may be those visulas just express themselves differently on blogs.
Anyway, it is an interesting read - and if you are a reader only, and not an active, engaged and challenging blogger who puts down his or her daily dosage, well, may be this short write up pushes you forward to finally take up this habit.
Posted by Andreas at June 20, 2005 01:26 PM
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