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Missconstrue, I was asking about case workers for aspies. They actually exist? Since no one will listen to me long enough yet in the real world, I have no idea.

So my mother tells me.

I drink quite a lot of caffiene, but I don't usually get headaches, so it might not be that exactly.

Thanks.

Hi Syzygyish. My screen reader refuses to stop reading your signature. So I hear it telling me not to read your signature, which it itself reads, which I then interpret...

oh.sorry.it's a bit funny too.sorry.what does the sreen-reader say when ppl put emoticons
And does 'ppl' get read as people or does it say p,p,l ?

I'm half way through the Wikipedia article on 'caffeine' :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine
It's very interesting.
I'm pretty sure caffeine is a fairly strong dehydrator, but so far I can't find anything.

It reads images as, for example, "question, image", and this particular reader says p p l, not people. However, it would not read the word "question", if the corresponding image did not have that word descriptor programed into it. They can be temperamental things, computers. Oh, does that article mention how high you will get after ingesting chocolate covered espresso beans?

Get on the dance floor!

Come with me, Im a pied piper.

no, but it does say "Caffeine relaxes the internal anal sphincter muscles and thus should be avoided by those with incontinence" now I want a coffee enema!

and there's two pictures showing the effects caffeine has on Spiders, before and after:

ones beautifully radial symetrical, the other one's a horrible, useless mess, they're very succeptible to it's toxic effects.It would be interesting to chuck the remains of a cold cup of coffee on a spider, destroy it's web, and see what happens next.
If you could be that cruel, that is.

hmm, something random?
I have lost interest in researching caffeine dehydration and am now googling 'Theta brain waves'

What types of brain waves are these? And aren't they called brain waves because it describes a sort of electrical pattern in the brain?
Confusion is my closest colleague. I wonder if I can fire her, or maybe I have to wait for someone in charge to do it for me. WHo is managing this department anyway?

I like spiders spinning spider webs in my head

cracka





with cheese

Hey, my bed really looks good right now.

*passes out and falls out of the chair*

I want to be strong, for all of the people in my life, and especially for myself.

I'm detecting a serious lack of seriousness, in fact a suspiciously silly and flippantly irreverant tone to your posts, young lady.
Nice work, keep it up

I think you've been posting to much in 'Post something bizarre about the person above'
...which I dragged you into
oh noes, I've corrupted a youth



What am I, your personal tutor?
try googling stuff yourself!
But, since I can't resist sharing:

What is the function of the various brainwaves?
It is well known that the brain is an electrochemical organ; researchers have speculated that a fully functioning brain can generate as much as 10 watts of electrical power. Other more conservative investigators calculate that if all 10 billion interconnected nerve cells discharged at one time that a single electrode placed on the human scalp would record something like five millionths to 50 millionths of a volt. If you had enough scalps hooked up you might be able to light a flashlight bulb.

Even though this electrical power is very limited, it does occur in very specific ways that are characteristic of the human brain. Electrical activity emanating from the brain is displayed in the form of brainwaves. There are four categories of these brainwaves, ranging from the most activity to the least activity. When the brain is aroused and actively engaged in mental activities, it generates beta waves. These beta waves are of relatively low amplitude, and are the fastest of the four different brainwaves. The frequency of beta waves ranges from 15 to 40 cycles a second. Beta waves are characteristics of a strongly engaged mind. A person in active conversation would be in beta. A debater would be in high beta. A person making a speech, or a teacher, or a talk show host would all be in beta when they are engaged in their work.

The Brainwaves

The next brainwave category in order of frequency is alpha. Where beta represented arousal, alpha represents non-arousal. Alpha brainwaves are slower, and higher in amplitude. Their frequency ranges from 9 to 14 cycles per second. A person who has completed a task and sits down to rest is often in an alpha state. A person who takes time out to reflect or meditate is usually in an alpha state. A person who takes a break from a conference and walks in the garden is often in an alpha state.

The next state, theta brainwaves, are typically of even greater amplitude and slower frequency. This frequency range is normally between 5 and 8 cycles a second. A person who has taken time off from a task and begins to daydream is often in a theta brainwave state. A person who is driving on a freeway, and discovers that they can't recall the last five miles, is often in a theta state--induced by the process of freeway driving. The repetitious nature of that form of driving compared to a country road would differentiate a theta state and a beta state in order to perform the driving task safely.

Individuals who do a lot of freeway driving often get good ideas during those periods when they are in theta. Individuals who run outdoors often are in the state of mental relaxation that is slower than alpha and when in theta, they are prone to a flow of ideas. This can also occur in the shower or tub or even while shaving or brushing your hair. It is a state where tasks become so automatic that you can mentally disengage from them. The ideation that can take place during the theta state is often free flow and occurs without censorship or guilt. It is typically a very positive mental state.

The final brainwave state is delta. Here the brainwaves are of the greatest amplitude and slowest frequency. They typically center around a range of 1.5 to 4 cycles per second. They never go down to zero because that would mean that you were brain dead. But, deep dreamless sleep would take you down to the lowest frequency. Typically, 2 to 3 cycles a second.

When we go to bed and read for a few minutes before attempting sleep, we are likely to be in low beta. When we put the book down, turn off the lights and close our eyes, our brainwaves will descend from beta, to alpha, to theta and finally, when we fall asleep, to delta.

It is a well known fact that humans dream in 90 minute cycles. When the delta brainwave frequencies increase into the frequency of theta brainwaves, active dreaming takes place and often becomes more experiential to the person. Typically, when this occurs there is rapid eye movement, which is characteristic of active dreaming. This is called REM, and is a well known phenomenon.

When an individual awakes from a deep sleep in preparation for getting up, their brainwave frequencies will increase through the different specific stages of brainwave activity. That is, they will increase from delta to theta and then to alpha and finally, when the alarm goes off, into beta. If that individual hits the snooze alarm button they will drop in frequency to a non-aroused state, or even into theta, or sometimes fall back to sleep in delta. During this awakening cycle it is possible for individuals to stay in the theta state for an extended period of say, five to 15 minutes--which would allow them to have a free flow of ideas about yesterday's events or to contemplate the activities of the forthcoming day. This time can be an extremely productive and can be a period of very meaningful and creative mental activity.

In summary, there are four brainwave states that range from the high amplitude, low frequency delta to the low amplitude, high frequency beta. These brainwave states range from deep dreamless sleep to high arousal. The same four brainwave states are common to the human species. Men, women and children of all ages experience the same characteristic brainwaves. They are consistent across cultures and country boundaries.

Research has shown that although one brainwave state may predominate at any given time, depending on the activity level of the individual, the remaining three brain states are present in the mix of brainwaves at all times. In other words, while somebody is an aroused state and exhibiting a beta brainwave pattern, there also exists in that person's brain a component of alpha, theta and delta, even though these may be present only at the trace level.

It has been my personal experience that knowledge of brainwave states enhances a person's ability to make use of the specialized characteristics of those states: these include being mentally productive across a wide range of activities, such as being intensely focused, relaxed, creative and in restful sleep.


Happy now?

Good night everyone and remember.......... MOIST!! !! !! !! !! !! !

Happy. My curiosity is satisfied for now. Theta must be the state I have learned to actively go into at times, so that fifteen minutes can seem like two hours, and I feel like I'm getting extra rest. I must soon lower the frequency of my brain waves, or I won't get up on time in the morning. Driving to work takes me forever. All these cars keep getting in my way.