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The following are a few excerpts from Glenn's paper entitled "The Science of Habit".
I believe you will find it a very informative and interesting read.
As will be discussed later, it is the emotion factor that is crucial in understanding how genes work in creating our behaviors, traits and habits.
“[T]he notion that genes control biology has been so frequently repeated for such a long period of time, that scientists have forgotten it is a hypothesis, not a truth. In reality, the idea that genes control biology is a supposition, which has never been proven…”
Our emotions and behavior shape our brains as they stimulate the formation of neural pathways that either reinforce old patterns or initiate new ones. “Like widening a road as traffic increases, when we think an increased flow of thoughts on a topic, or practice an increased quantity of an action, the number of neurons our bodies require to route the information increases.” (Church 33) Think of it like your muscles bulking up when you exercise, a similar reaction happens to your neural bundles. The size of your, “neural bundles increases when those pathways are increasingly used.” (Church 33)
You can read the entire paper by clicking HERE.
I believe you will find it a very informative and interesting read.
As will be discussed later, it is the emotion factor that is crucial in understanding how genes work in creating our behaviors, traits and habits.
“[T]he notion that genes control biology has been so frequently repeated for such a long period of time, that scientists have forgotten it is a hypothesis, not a truth. In reality, the idea that genes control biology is a supposition, which has never been proven…”
Our emotions and behavior shape our brains as they stimulate the formation of neural pathways that either reinforce old patterns or initiate new ones. “Like widening a road as traffic increases, when we think an increased flow of thoughts on a topic, or practice an increased quantity of an action, the number of neurons our bodies require to route the information increases.” (Church 33) Think of it like your muscles bulking up when you exercise, a similar reaction happens to your neural bundles. The size of your, “neural bundles increases when those pathways are increasingly used.” (Church 33)
You can read the entire paper by clicking HERE.
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