I don’t have all the answers about why some are more hypersensitive to visual, auditory and tactile stimuli. There is no general consensus between researchers either.
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Playing of video games, especially the high speed, highly graphic and constantly novel type, release similar amounts of dopamine in the brain somewhere between nicotine and cocaine, according to Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. of the Huberman Lab at Stanford School of Medicine
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Absolutely, undeniably “YES”. Teachers have you ever noticed the students with the most difficulty attending, self-regulating and staying seated are usually students with wandering eyes?
Wandering eyes typically precedes wandering hands and sometimes whole bodies.
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One of the reasons I love what I do: I have experienced and seen positive changes in behavior patterns directly related to shifts in the nervous system.
It’s easy to be upbeat and optimistic when you have been witness.
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We do have influence over our ability to self-regulate. We are not born with good self-regulation to get through life seamlessly, we need to work at it. Some of us need to work harder. Those with brain-based disorders and sensory processing challenges need help to learn how to self-regulate; yet the brain’s infinite neural plasticity (ability to change) makes adaptive self-regulation possible.
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I am not a regular, nor habitual blogger. My aim isn’t to be constantly writing and posting as a matter of routine. I share, because I love what I do, and I believe in the brain’s ability to change. I have personally experienced not being “stuck” with the brain I was born with, and through my work I have observed this to be true for countless others.
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Our ability to self-regulate and our children’s ability to self-regulate have been more challenged since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. For some it has made our day more predictable, easier to manage, but lack of novelty, feelings of uncertainty and sparse human connectivity has created a collective anxiety.
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COVID-19 downtime has made for some interesting discoveries. Taking up a musical instrument, gardening and baking artisan bread…all very popular culture things to do right now.
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Trembling hands causing diminished prehensile function and poor fluidity of gross motor movements can be common in children with Brain-Based Disorders (BBD).
Lack of normal muscle tone, presence of retained reflexes, absence of developmentally sound neurostructural architecture and structural brain anomalies can create glitches in movement patterns…no question about it.
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a protein which bathes the brain and peripheral nervous system supporting neurogenesis. Neurogenesis is the sprouting of new neurons and strengthening of neural networks, making improvements in cognitive function possible. BDNF helps flip the switch for greater executive functions like working memory, processing, processing speed, focused attention and helps to educate muscles for better body awareness.
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