Friday, October 28, 2011

Do things by hand and your brain will thank you

Check out this article on The Ladies Home Journal: Want to Be Happier? Try Making Your Life a Little Harder: ...Do things by hand and your brain will thank you.

"We are programmed to reward ourselves when we accomplish things with our hands."
—Marie Pasinski, MD.

The article is all about how our brains release dopamine and serotonin after you've created something with your hands. I think it applies very well to our hobby of sculpting, hand-building, and painting models.

5 comments:

Paul´s Bods said...

Aha!! That´s why I´m addicted to painting :-D
Juggling is a good one..it apparently combines both left and right side of the brain...and it doesn´t take long to learn
Cheers
paul

Jay said...

Thanks for the info, and I concur. I can see more scratchbuilding in my future!

Nick Grant said...

Ah, at long last, some validation for my hobby!

Thanks,

Nick

scottsz said...

This blog is awesome. An online buddy of mine just sent me the link here.

Really cool stuff!

Andrew said...

Thanks Scott!