would a "growing" brain mean an increase in size necessarily? if we only use a small portion of our existing brain we have a ways to go before the expansion takes place....just "thinking" about it!

seems like new neural pathways can develop with existing structure. when i meditate, i go into lower bandwidth - i relax - so maybe we just have to learn how to function more in that lower bandwidth. challenge is that tho i can relax tremor i have yet to experience movement related benefits with meditation - i am reminded of wisdom from my childrens swim coach-he swims like a torpedo! his philosophy was one has to learn to swim slowly before one can swim fast....

socratese-do you remember many years ago when news came out about the pd connection to the nervous system surrounding the heart ?

imho our heads are big enough LOL- and that IS exactly the problem! so yes - good thing our skulls contain our brain!!he he!

[QUOTE=moondaughter;747285]would a "growing" brain mean an increase in size necessarily? if we only use a small portion of our existing brain we have a ways to go before the expansion takes place....just "thinking" about it!

seems like new neural pathways can develop with existing structure. when i meditate, i go into lower bandwidth - i relax - so maybe we just have to learn how to function more in that lower bandwidth. challenge is that tho i can relax tremor i have yet to experience movement related benefits with meditation - i am reminded of wisdom from my childrens swim coach-he swims like a torpedo! his philosophy was one has to learn to swim slowly before one can swim fast....

socratese-do you remember many years ago when news came out about the pd connection to the nervous system surrounding the heart ?

imho our heads are big enough LOL- and that IS exactly the problem! so yes - good thing our skulls contain our brain!!he he![/QUOTE

i can see your point about developing new pathways, i assume people with strokes and physical brain damage do it all the time, there was a study just released showing the hippocampus gets larger with aerobic exercise. we have "extra" brain cells but unfortunately with pd either we genetically were born without that surplus or something killed off/damaged our dopamine producing cells such that the "reserve" was used up too soon.

Ling,

I started a thread on John Coleman a little while ago, here's the link:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread142708.html

I believe Coleman is sincere and I intend to try some of his methods soon.