Thursday, December 5, 2013

Word Choices Can Change Brain Function

Words can change the brain . Positive words and negative words carry a different impact on the functioning of your brain .

In his book , Words Can Change Your Brain , Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman wrote " a word has the power to influence the expression of genes that regulate physical and emotional stress . "

Furthermore , the underlying writer writing with the study explained, the positive words like " love " and " peace " can alter gene expression , strengthen areas in the frontal lobe , the brain and improve cognitive function . Encourage positive word motivation centers of the brain to take action .

Instead , the language containing the feud may disrupt certain genes that play key roles in the production of neurochemicals . In fact , these neurochemicals protect us from stress .

Negative words can also increase the activity in the amygdala , the fear center in the brain . Negative words can release stress hormones and neurotransmitters decades , which in turn interfere with brain function .

" The words of anger sends a warning message to the brain , gradually breaks down the logic centers in the frontal lobe , " writes Newberg and Waldman .

According to Newberg and Waldman , use the right words also helps one to be more accepting and facing the realities of life .

By maintaining positive words and optimistic in the brain , the activity can be stimulated in the frontal lobe . Areas in the brain include language centers that are directly related to the area of ​​the motor cortex that drives a person to act .

Research conducted Newberg and Waldman show the longer a person focuses the mind with positive words , the more the other parts of the brain are stimulated . For example , the function of the parietal lobe begins to change , and then change the perception of self and others who interact with you .

Positive view of yourself will make you inclined to think positively about other people who interact with you . Meanwhile , a negative self-perception would lead one to be suspicious and doubtful . Over time , the structure of the thalamus in the brain will also change in response to the words , thoughts and feelings . Changes in the thalamus can also affect the way a person in accepting and facing the reality of life .

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