Ilchi Lee Brain Wave Vibration

Adversity shown to hinder perception

Adversity may actually dull an individual's perceptive abilities and make it more difficult for them to learn from new experiences, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

The findings give particular emphasis to Ilchi Lee's thoughts on brain health. He says that individuals must do all that they can to learn from negative experiences and use this wisdom to overcome adversity. The results of the study show that this is important to achieving a heightened state of consciousness.

For the study, researchers from Weizmann Institute asked participants to listen to a set of tones, some of which preceded an offensive odor. The results showed that individuals were able to easily distinguish between tones that came before a pleasant or neutral outcome, but those that indicated a negative occurrence were not as easily learned.

The researchers said that this shows the negative experience of a bad odor inhibited auditory perception.

While adversity is a constant in nearly everyone's life, learning how to effectively deal with it may be important in perceiving the world in more healthy ways.
 

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