Chapter 1 - Self Transforming Brain

Question 0

What is the weight of the brain?

Answer 0

3lbs

Question 1

What part of the brain do taxi drivers in London have grow after their training?

Answer 1

Hypocampus

Question 2

How many connections does each neuron receive?

Answer 2

5000

Question 3

What does a neurotransmitter tell a neuron?

Answer 3

Whether to fire or not to fire.

Question 4

What happens when a neuron fires?

Answer 4

It sends out signals to other neurons whether to fire or not.

Question 5

How many times does a typical neuron fire?

Answer 5

5 - 50 times per second

Question 6

What is all the information that loves around your brain called?

Answer 6

The mind

Question 7

How much oxygen does the brain use of the body’s total amount?

Answer 7

20%

Question 8

Does the brain use more or less energy when it is studying hard vs sleeping?

Answer 8

Same

Question 9

When has the most information been learned about the brain?

Answer 9

Last 20’years

Question 10

Who is J Robert Oppenheimer?

Answer 10

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Question 11

What is a functional MRI?

Answer 11

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Question 12

Why do neurologists use Buddhists to study the brain?

Answer 12

Because they have been studying their own brains from the inside out for 2500 years.

Question 13

What does transcendental mean?

Answer 13

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Question 14

What are the brain waves that arise when Buddhist monks are meditating?

Answer 14

Gamma Waves

Question 15

What are the causes of suffering?

Answer 15

1. Keep things separate
2. Hold on to pleasures and avoid pain
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Question 16

What are the three pillars of Buddhism according to Rick Hanson??

Answer 16

1. Cool fires of greed to live with integrity
2. Steady the mind
3. Develop liberating insight
4. Virtue
5. Insight
6. Wisdom

Question 17

What does does virtue mean?

Answer 17

Regulating your actions and thoughts so as to create helpful rather than harmful outcomes for yourself.

Where does virtue comes from?

Prefrontal Cortex

What does virtue mean in Latin?

Bark

Question 18

What is wisdom and how is it acquired?

Answer 18

Wisdom is applied common sense.

Acquired by

1. Identifying what hurts and what helps
2. Left go of what hurts and strengthen what helps

Question 19

What are the three fundental functions of the brain that support virtue, wisdom and …..?

Answer 19

Regulation
Learning and
Selection