(Science Daily) Have you ever played with a baby and felt a sense of connection, even though they couldn’t yet talk to you? New research suggests that you might quite literally be “on the same wavelength,” experiencing similar brain activity in the same brain regions.
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Curious People Are Powerful People — Tap into Joy by Feeding Your Curiosities
(Justin Deschamps) Pleasure and joy, even bliss, is a whole-brain activity. Stimulation is the gateway to fulfillment, meaning, adventure, and positive emotion. In the modern world, stress limits joy because it causes hyper-focus. When you’re focused on a task for work, school, home, or life in general, unless you feel joy, inspiration, and playfulness during the process, you’ll lose sensitivity. Why? Because if we contextualize a goal as stressful, then our brain naturally withdraws from everything else. If you move from one state of focused-work to another, never taking a mindfulness break, the brain doesn’t have a chance to open up again, which you need to do or you’ll feel numb, bored, and unsettled.
Exploration Create Positive Emotions — You Were Designed for Play
(Justin Deschamps) Simply put: you were designed for play. Within our brain, systems designed to encourage us to explore the unknown reward us for bravery in the face of uncertainty. That feeling of excitement you get when you’re about to do something you’ve been looking forward to is this mechanism of positive emotion through exploration.
We Need Play — The Secrets Everyone Needs to Know
We Need Play — The Secrets Everyone Needs to Know