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Great quote, Rick! On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree that filtering is a lot better in the mix than in the brain! > Working hard now to shut down my dopamine so I can fit in with the > freakshow in Santa Cruz next month :-) > > Thanks for the link, very interesting reading! BTW, the research > center in the article is just around the corner from where I'm typing > this. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se > www.perboysen.com > www.looproom.com internet music hub > > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote: >> Fascinating new Swedish study (Karolinska Institutet) >> shows correlation between the Dopamine systems in highly creative >> people and >> schizophrenics. >> >> This is just a quote from the article: >> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100518064610.htm#.TmOpG3e-074.facebook >> >> The study shows that highly creative people who did well on the >> divergent >> tests had a lower density of >> D2 receptors in the thalamus than less creative people," says Dr Ullén. >> "Schizophrenics are also known >> to have low D2 density in this part of the brain, suggesting a cause of >> the >> link between mental illness >> and creativity." >> >> The thalamus serves as a kind of relay centre, filtering information >> before >> it reaches areas of the cortex, >> which is responsible, amongst other things, for cognition and >> reasoning."Fewer D2 receptors in the thalamus >> probably means a lower degree of signal filtering, and thus a higher >> flow of >> information from the thalamus," >> says Dr Ullén, and explains that this could a possible mechanism behind >> the >> ability of healthy highly creative >> people to see numerous uncommon connections in a problem-solving >> situation >> and the bizarre associations >> found in the mentally ill. >> >> <and I LOVE this quote> >> >> "Thinking outside the box might be facilitated by having a somewhat less >> intact box," >> says Dr Ullén about his >> new >> findings. >> >> > >