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Blogging is Good For You
The magazine Scientific America weighs in on the blogging phenomena. While they let us know scientists haven’t found conclusive evidence with brain imaging tests, they proclaim nontheless there are numbers of people blogging and experiencing better health.
“…expressive writing produces many physiological benefits. Research shows that it improves memory and sleep, boosts immune cell activity and reduces viral load in AIDS patients, and even speeds healing after surgery”.
they also noted that blogging can also work as therapy as someone is able to complain and get things off their chest. Also, by having others read what you write and than recieve feed back in turn the blogger gains a sense of community. & honestly in this day and age, where we know longer have close ties with our families and neighbors, this gives people the sense of interconnectedness we need.
Where the science stands. So far it’s still a little murky. This is what they have figured out so far: 
“Located mainly in the midbrain, the limbic system controls our drives,whether they are related to food, sex, appetite, or problem solving. “You know that drives are involved [in blogging] because a lot of people do it compulsively,” Flaherty notes. Also, blogging might trigger dopamine release, similar to stimulants like music, running and looking at art”.
That last statement nailed it for me. I myself continuously look for stimulants from music and exercise. Looking at art, fashion, etc. probably described my stimulation from younger years.
This following scientific finding may serve as some explanation for becoming compulsive with our blogs. While this next theory could carry some explanation. I too think we get addicted to the neurotransmitters we release. So, this could also be a dopamine addiction. Well, back to their science:
“The frontal and temporal lobes, which govern speech—no dedicated writing center is hardwired in the brain—may also figure in. For example, lesions in Wernicke’s area, located in the left temporal lobe, result in excessive speech and loss of language comprehension. People with Wernicke’s aphasia speak in gibberish and often write constantly. In light of these traits, Flaherty
speculates that some activity in this area could foster the urge to blog”.
Interesting huh?
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