How much do you know your mind?

I would like to present you some details about how to cheat your brain. There are a lot of things over the Internet so my decision was to divide that presentation on two parts. Second part will be available soon at: http://pjwstk2ms.blogspot.com/. So if you want to see more please go there next week.

Have you ever think about what is the mind, how it works or in what traps can catch you?

Well, first thing first, mind is the aspect of intellect, the totality of conscious and unconscious mental processes and activities.

As all we know, mind is situated in the brain…and let’s furthers…what is the brain?



Is it your intellectual power? Or maybe is the center of thought and understanding...answers are - all of it. But are you sure that you always see what you are look at? Is it real or not? Remember before you read this article - never trust your senses at all.

Read some examples how can you play with your brain.

Ganzfeld Procedure

The Ganzfeld procedure induces the visual hallucinations and sensory distortions. It is probably best known for its uses in parapsychology experiments. To do this test you need only three things:

-half ping-pong ballsolver

- a radio with headphones

- red light,

If you have it,you can start hacking your brain.

Step 1: Turn the radio to a station with just white noise (static), and put on your headphones.

Step 2: Cut the ping-pong ball in half and tape each half over your eyes.

Step 3: Turn the red light so it's facing your eyes.
Step 4: Sit there for at least a half an hour.

All of examinants said that had an interesting experience and the atmosphere and quality of their dreams was very, very unusual.

Some people see horses prancing in the clouds or hear the voice of a dead relative the others.

When we close eyes our brain automatically says "Ok...no need for focusing anymore," we must remember that the mind is used to the sensations, so that when there’s little to sense (that’s the purpose of ping pong balls and static) your brain ends up inventing its own.

Shrink your Pain

Have you ever been injured and took the painkillers? There is a simple method to make your pain decrease in its magnitude. The scientists from Oxford University discovered a new pain killer – inverted binoculars.

Only what you have to do is looking at your injury through a pair of binoculars that were either the right or wrong way round. When you see it magnified to double its size, your level of pain will increase, but when you look at the same place through inverted binoculars, you will see minimized image and your pain level will cut significantly.

Researches demonstrate that brain is the main point of modulating everything what we see. That’s why sometimes is better to look away.

Pinocchio illusion

What you need to do first is finding one friends with no hang-ups about his nose. A chair and blind fold is also necessary. Ask your friend to blindfold you while you’re sitting in the rear chair. When your friend sits in his/her chair in front of you place your left hand of your friend’s nose. Now, put your right hand on your own nose and at the same time, gently stroking both noses. After one minute more than 50% subjects have very wired feeling that their nose become longer and longer. That’s a Pinocchio illusion. The reason why it’s happened is because vision isn’t involved.

Your friend should sit on a chair directly in a front of you with his back to you. Next place your right hand on your friend's nose - this trick is potentially a great icebreaker at parties. Now put other hand on your own nose and then gently tap and stroke both noses at the same time with identical movements. After a minute, this gives around half of participants the bizarre feeling that their nose is 3ft long, or that their nose is somehow elsewhere.

The science bit:

This illusion occurs because vision is not involved. You are touching and palpating a nose with one hand and feel your nose being touched and palpated (by your next hand). The actions and feelings are exactly the same, so after few seconds your brain realized that you are actually grabbing your own nose. Simultaneously you feel that your arm is stretched out, so the brain realized that the nose is about 1 meter long.

To be continued.

Questions:

1) Have you ever tried to cheat your brain consciously?

2) Have you ever seen "Magic Eye" series? Can you figured it out?