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The first exercise I did was in Chapter 8 p 74-76 in this chapter it discusses being able to refer to associated emotions that accompanied the original experience. The exercise wants you to get some pictures of choice and imagine pictures taken from a day ago vs. pictures taken a year ago. The entire point of this is to see what your emotional memory is. Pictures I looked at were from when my son was born vs. pictures he took last week. For me the day I had my son I can remember how much love and instant happiness I had. I don't necessarily remember everything every single emotion I had but for the most part I can remember. Now with the pictures we took last week of course I can remember word for word and moment for moment what I felt with my son. I also tried the exercise suggested with standing in front of the mirror.

I think its amazing how our brain pretty much has a pre-existing picture that can allow us do things such as close our eyes and do other things. This exercise was beneficial because it allowed me to go back in time and be in tune with my feelings from the past. Feelings, which were so great. This exercise will help me with my emotional memories maybe not a daily basis, but in life in general. I say not a daily basis because I don't take old pictures and look at them frequently. I do plan on taking more pictures out and looking back to what my emotions were then and what they are now. In the book it says “If we allow our emotional memories to disappear, we eventually lose touch with ourselves.” (Restak p 75)

The second exercise I tried was seeing if I have the ability to read emotions in myself. and others. The reason I choose to do the exercise was because everyone I know whether I met you a long ti...

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...ultivating fine motor skills involving my hands. I already have the thought in my mind that our hands do so much more than we realize. The thoughts that have come through my mind if I didn't have hands. This chapter describes the hands as the primary instrument that carried out the motor commands of the brain. Any job whether it is for work or pleasure you need your hands. According to Restak the hand is best thought of as an extension of the brain. I plan on playing games on the computer or jackstraw to keep my brain-hand enhanced.

Both exercises are positive and will only help build a better me. This book has so many ways that may be helpful for brain function. The moral I got from this reading was to figure what’s best for you, works in your best interest, and lastly not to compete with yourself but to simply maintain and enhance your brain function.