| Ready for some fun experiments on your brain? Don't | | | | practice, you can train yourself to consciously change |
| worry, you can try these at home. They are perfectly | | | | your pupil size at will. Looking towards a light in the |
| safe, and they will help you demonstrate brainpower. | | | | room will make your pupils smaller again, by the way. |
| Fun Experiments | | | | There are ways to use this eye-trick, but for our now, |
| 1. Sing to access your right brain. | | | | it is just a way to demonstrate how you can |
| It is easier to rhyme when you're singing, because you | | | | consciously control what is normally an unconscious |
| are working from the part of your brain that | | | | body function. (There are also techniques for controlling |
| recognizes patterns (usually the right hemisphere). Try | | | | the heart rate as well.) |
| a singing experiment. First try making a rhyming poem | | | | 3. Try fun experiments to motivate yourself. |
| about something that happened today. Work on this | | | | Ever feel like you just can't work, or your brain just |
| for just a minute or two. Then try it again, but sing the | | | | won't wake up? Try a simple experiment on yourself. |
| poem as you make it up. | | | | Simply talk about your plans, or anything you are |
| Most people find that they can easily find rhyming | | | | passionate about. When I'm stuck staring at the |
| words when singing. You can also make a song up to | | | | keyboard, I might talk about the next mountain I am |
| remember things. Singing may help to activate your | | | | going to climb here in Colorado, and suddenly I have |
| right-brain when you are working on a problem | | | | the mental energy to get back to writing. |
| involving spatial reasoning. This last suggestion is | | | | Try different topics, because what works for each of |
| speculative, but it can be a fun experiment to try, and | | | | us will be different. You can even try this experiment |
| no harm should come from singing. | | | | on friends. When they are in a bad mood, have them |
| 2. Consciously control autonomic body functions. | | | | explain something to you that they are passionate |
| Your pupils get bigger when it is darker, but they also | | | | about. The process will change the chemicals in their |
| get bigger when you see something you like. In fact, | | | | brains, and so change their state of mind. Experiment |
| they get larger if you just vividly imagine something | | | | to find the topics that work best - for them and |
| you like. Try this experiment right now. Go to the mirror | | | | yourself - and remember them for future use. |
| and watch your eyes as you imagine someone you | | | | Fun experiments or just useful ones? Either way, there |
| like, a favorite food, or anything you would like to see. | | | | is no harm in trying these and other simple |
| You should see your pupils quickly grow in size. | | | | experiments to learn how to better use your brain. |
| Imagine different scenes to see which work best. With | | | | |