#brainplay

[lavendulachronicler]

Everything Goes Good With Red | A One Shot Where Velvette Gets In Over Her Head (And Alastor Gets In Under Her Head)

“Before we move on,” The voice on the radio said. “A word of advice from your host. If you find that your home is a bit more empty than you’d like, no matter if your tastes tend toward spartan or decadent, I recommend turning on the radio. Leave it on. Let the music be another accoutrement to your decorating, let it stir up the dust while you’re out. You’d be amazed how music can fill up a space, if you give it a chance.” The Radio Chuckled. Velvette barely paid attention to it. “Of course, if you’re listening to me, then you might already know that. Still, there’s no telling who might be letting me grace their ears for the first time. If you’re one of those lucky few, then I have to give you my hearty thanks, dear listener.”

Not long after joining up with Vox and Valentino, Velvette resolves to prove herself to them. She was going to be playing in the big leagues now and she needed to prove that 'youngest' didn't mean 'weakest' in a way that was undeniable.

Besides after hearing so much shit about The Radio Demon, she was finally curious enough to find out just how tough the old man was.

It's a valuable lesson to learn, that sometimes rumor is true.

A gory, horror-y one-shot that I wrote in a fugue state when the muses possessed me recently. Alastor, after all, is famed for his inventive cruelty.

Read it: Here!

(https://archiveofourown.org/works/81210161)

[alsbrainblog]

The fun side of your brain

Playing. We do it a lot as kids, usually less so as adults. You wouldn’t be crazy for asking: how does it help? What is the role of playful behaviour in body and brain development?

For starters, play tends to be behaviour with no useful end goal, just for recreational pleasure. It uses up precious energy, makes animals more vulnerable to predators, and can lead to injury. There must be decent evolutionary reasons why we do it, otherwise the playful animals would died out from rolling off cliffs and squeaking their way into predator talons.

Let’s start with the easy stuff: Fitness. If your puppies are having some rough and tumble, then they’re being active, working their muscles, burning fat, and improving cardiovascular fitness. Same goes for a game of frisbee down the park with your friends.

Second: Social skills. Playing together leads to cooperation, communication, sharing, empathy, the list goes on. Have you tried building a Lego set with somebody else? You’ll run the gamut of CEO, architect, builder, motivator, detective, and even wince when your friend steps on a piece. That’s teamwork right there.

Third: Academic prowess. Stevenson and Lee (1990) highlighted the link between the short breaks that Chinese and Japenese students are given every 50 minutes at school, and the high achievements of these country’s students. Studies on rats (Gorden et al, 2003, Huber et al, 2007, etc) have shown that allowing them to play with each other leads to increased production of a protein responsible for brain cell growth and maturation -especially when playtime includes exploration.

More: Language skills, problem-solving skills, creativity, hand-eye coordination, rule-based learning, emotional maturity... playing really seems to be helpful in so many ways. For instance, playing in sand pits and water pits as a child is extremely helpful in understanding physics and the way objects behave in different environments. 

Diamond et al (1964) raised one group of rats in boring old solitary confinement (poor things) and another group within fun, toy-filled colonies... and guess what? The fun rats were found to have thicker cerebral cortices (the outer layer of the brain responsible for attention, perception, thought, consciousness, memory -basically all of the higher functions) than the solitary rats. It’s hard to do a study like this on human children, but the results would likely be the same. 

Playing is very much a beneficial behaviour. Or perhaps I wrote this whole thing to justify my videogame addiction...

[perfettamentechic]

Oggi è lo Spoonerism Day… ops, lo Daymerism Spoon! Giochiamo con le parole, scambiamo le lettere e ridiamo con la lingua in allegria. Un caffè, un sorriso, e una frase tutta incasinata… ma con stile! 😄☕🧠 #SpoonerismDay #giochidiparole #perfettamentechic

Spoonerism Day

[mascp]

#brainplay #brainlier #niveldeconciencia #congruencia #humildad

[nomsarink]

I've decided to open an 8chan board for all things exposed brain related.

I don't have very much content myself, but I know it's a unique interest that is underexplored, so it might be nice to have it all under roof, so if this appeals to you, please, give it a shot.