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The Nervous System as a Windshield

We use our nervous system every second of everyday. The shape of our nervous system affects the way we view the world. It’s best explained using an analogy...

The nervous system functions similarly to that of a windshield. When we are born it’s much like buying a brand new car with a brand new crystal clear windshield. We can see through it and experience all of the beauty around us. Similarly when we are born we have a clean slate, a clear view on the the world, our nervous systems are pure.

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 The nervous system: Facts, function and diseases

The nervous system is a complex collection of nerves and specialized cells known as neurons that transmit signals between different parts of the body. It is essentially the body's electrical wiring.

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An introduction to the nervous system

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Can the Nervous System Be Hacked?

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Evolution of the Human Nervous System Function, Structure, and Development

The nervous system—in particular, the brain and its cognitive abilities—is among humans’ most distinctive and impressive attributes. How the nervous system has changed in the human lineage and how it differs from that of closely related primates is not well understood.

Exploring the Nervous System: Part I

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Exploring the Nervous System: Part II

The nervous system controls much more than just bodily functions. It can also play a huge role in mental health, especially trauma.

How the brain makes choices: the sinuous path from decision to action

Although the decisions we make greatly affect our everyday life, how we deliberate and commit is a complex process that we only partially understand. This topic has been largely studied from ethological and theoretical perspectives (Cisek and Kalaska, 2010) and neuroscientists are beginning to uncover several brain areas that contribute to solving dilemmas and act upon them (Gold and Shadlen, 2007).

How to Reset Your Nervous System: Stay Healthy by Keeping Calm

As a society, we have more access to news and information than any other civilization in the history of the world. Often the first thing we see in the morning is our phone — full of headlines that slam the gas pedal on our adrenaline and send our nervous system into a state of full-blown panic.

Humanity Gaining a Nervous System : The Internet

Akin to the nervous system, information is instantly transmitted throughout the internet from one side of the world to the other. Within the human body information from one side of our body is instantly transmitted to another part of our body via the nervous system of which the brain is one central hub. Before the internet and electronic revolution, information had to travel via mail, ships etc…which was slow and costly.

Is your nervous system a democracy or a dictatorship when controlling your behavior?

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It’s My Nervous System That’s Lazy

The human nervous system ensures that the body reserves its energy and expends as few calories as possible with every movement. Now, a new study reports that the nervous system performs this optimization in real time.

Navigating the Nervous System

There are no small steps toward getting unstuck or regulating our nervous systems. The more we regulate, the stronger our nervous system becomes. And a regulated nervous system means getting to spend most of your life feeling good and stepping toward the things you want with ease! In order to really be in control of our experience and change what’s happening inside, we have to understand our protective parts. So let me introduce you to them…

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Spotlight On: The Nervous System

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The Father of Modern Neuroscience Discovered the Basic Unit of the Nervous System

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The Nervous System

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The Popular Science Guide To Neuroscience

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What are the parts of the nervous system?

The nervous system transmits signals between the brain and the rest of the body, including internal organs. In this way, the nervous system’s activity controls the ability to move, breathe, see, think, and more.

What Do the Different Parts of The Nervous System Do?

The body’s nervous system is made up of two major parts, the central nervous system, and the peripheral nervous system. These two parts of the nervous system act jointly to assure your body is communicating all of its sensory information and needs. The central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system each play different roles in controlling your body’s functions.

What is the Nervous System and Why Is it So Important to Feeling Good?

The capacity for us to thrive is more available than ever before. The key to increasing this capacity is through understanding and working with our nervous systems. The ease you desire in your body, work, and relationships, along with a quieted mind, is all connected to the state of a very beautiful network called the nervous system. When your nervous system is stabilized, meaning it's not in chronic stress response, you experience better rest, digestion, increased immunity, elevated energy levels, well being in your interpersonal relationships and greater emotional intelligence.

What Is ‘nervous system work’, and is it the missing piece to unlock deep healing and expansion in yourself and your clients?

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