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History, Part Ia – The Olmec Civilization – Extension

Feb 16, 2021Howard Bell1 CommentUncategorized

In my last blog I said that in my next blog I would focus on the Indus Valley civilization. However, I have delayed that blog in order to provide my reactions to an article that concludes there is no real evidence that Africans and/or Egyptians ever made it to the Americas prior to Columbus’ voyage

HISTORY, PART II – THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION

Nov 14, 2020Howard Bell3 CommentsUncategorized

This is the second in a seven-blog series on history. In this blog, I describe the African origins of ancient Egypt. Today, the Sahara Desert is a 3,630,000 square mile barrier, (larger than America’s contiguous 48 states) between Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa. However, at the dawn of ancient Egypt the Sahara was not a barrier

History, Part I – The Olmec Civilization

Aug 11, 2020Howard Bell6 CommentsUncategorizedEgyptians, Histones, Mesoamerica, Olmecs, Pyramids

This is the first in a seven-blog series on history. In this blog, I describe how blacks were viewed in history as I was growing up, how I was able to overcome the negative views of blacks in history, and how my view of the world was altered when I learned about the Olmec civilization.

Epigenetics, Part IV– How to Reverse Epigenetic Changes

Jun 25, 2020Howard BellNeuroplasticity

In this, the fourth blog, in this epigenetic series I talk about ways to reverse negative epigenetic changes. Reversing Negative Epigenetic Changes with Nutrition During this epigenetics series I have written about how environmental changes influence our genes. For example, I have discussed how men in a northern Sweden province, conceived and born in the

Epigenetics, Part III – Behavioral Epigenetics

Feb 17, 2020Howard Bell1 CommentNeuroplasticity

In this, the third blog in a four blog series on epigenetics, I discuss behavioral epigenetics which studies how our environment causes changes in the epigenome of our brain cells. In the fourth and last blog in this series, I will talk about ways to reverse negative epigenetic changes. Epigenetics drives biological functions as diverse

Epigenetics, Part II – How it Works

Dec 30, 2019Howard BellNeuroplasticity, Science of SELF™Adaptive Adolescent Brain, Adequate sleep, Aerobic exercise, Amygdala, Axons, deep breathing, DNA, Epigenetics, Gene expression, Good eating habits, Life science

This is the second in a four-blog series on epigenetics. In this blog, I discuss how epigenetics works. In the third blog, I will talk about a form of epigenetics referred to as behavioral epigenetics. In the fourth, and last blog in this epigenetic series, I will talk about ways to reverse negative epigenetic changes.

Epigenetics, Part I – Why is it important?

Nov 9, 2019Howard BellNeuroplasticityAdequate sleep, Aerobic exercise, Amygdala, Axons, Brain plasticity, DNA, Epigenetics, Good eating habits, Life science, Meditation exercise, Mirror neurons, Neurons, Neuroplasticity, Positive thoughts, Prefrontal Cortex, Rehabilitation, Self-story, Stress reduction, Survive a life threatening event, Synaptic Pruning, Teen neuroplasticity

In my last blog, I stated that “In my next blog, I will discuss epigenetics.” This is the first in a four-blog series on epigenetics. In this blog, I describe what epigenetics is and why it is important. In the second blog, I will discuss how epigenetics works. In the third blog, I will talk

Neuroplasticity, Part IV – How to Strengthen Our Brain

Sep 23, 2019projfu5Neuroplasticity, Science of SELF™Adaptive Adolescent Brain, Adequate sleep, Aerobic exercise, amy, Good eating habits

In my last blog, I stated that “In my next, and final blog in this neuroplasticity series, I will discuss how we can strengthen our brains.” In this blog, I discuss how we can strengthen our brains. Neuroplasticity gives us the power to strengthen our brains, defined as improving our capacity for analysis, creativity and

Neuroplasticity, Part III – Empathy

Aug 5, 2019Howard Bell1 CommentNeuroplasticity, Science of SELF™Adaptive Adolescent Brain, Axons, Life science, Meditation exercise, Mirror neurons, Prefrontal Cortex, Rehabilitation, Self-story, Teen neuroplasticity

In my last blog, I stated that “In my next blog I will discuss how our brain enables us to feel empathy.” In this blog, I discuss empathy and the “Mirror Neurons” that make it possible. Many of our feelings, like empathy and compassion, are due to brain cells called mirror neurons. Mirror neurons mirror

Neuroplasticity, Part II – The Teenage Brain

Jun 30, 2019Howard Bell2 CommentsNeuroplasticity, Science of SELF™Amygdala, Axons, Meditation exercise, Neuroplasticity, Rehabilitation

In my last blog, I stated that “In my next blog I will discuss aspects of the teenage brain and why the SELF ProgramTM was designed for this age group.” In this blog, I engage in the discussion of the teenage brain. When it comes to the human brain, talking about the teenage or adolescent