What some people have know intuitively for ages (mothers, for instance), scientists have now confirmed in the laboratory. The brain builds new neural connections, and strengthens older ones, at night when we’re sleeping. “It’s like you’ve thrown a switch”, says Dr. Frank. Synaptic changes are the very foundation of creating memory, and when you sleep, the mechanisms for creating those changes are turned on.
Entries Tagged as 'Mexico'
Using Cortical Plasticity To Help You Learn Spanish
October 5th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: brain · learning · Learning Spanish · memory · Mexico
Will the Flu “Pandemic” Cancel Our Trip to Peru and Machu Picchu?
April 30th, 2009 No Comments
I know it’s not a pandemic yet, even though Wolf Blitzer keeps saying that level 5 means that a pandemic is “imminent”. We’ve been planning this trip for a long time, and we certainly don’t want to overreact. We’ve prepaid for the two nights in Aguas Calientes, paid deposits for our rooms in Cusco and [...]
Tags: Aguas Calientes · cancel our trip? · Cusco · flu · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Machu Picchu · Mexico · Oaxaca Mexico · Ollantaytambo · pandemic · Peru · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish
The Flu “Epidemic” in Mexico
April 26th, 2009 No Comments
I am writing about is another flu that turned very serious - one that not many of us learned about in school. I’m always surprised that so few people seem to know about it, since it was so devastating and had such an impact on the world. I’m talking about the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and 1919. The current “novel” strain of flu bears some remarkably similar traits.
Tags: influenza · Mexico · swine-bird-flu
Academia Falcon in Guanajuato Mexico - a Review
March 19th, 2009 No Comments
The school wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t expensive, and it’s location wasn’t bad, but I won’t return to it and I cannot recommend it to others.
I should say, though, that we both loved Guanajuato. We would go back there in a heartbeat. But we would find a different language school.
Tags: Academia Falcon · Add new tag · choosing a language school · Español Interactivo · Guanajuato · immersion · Immersion school · Immersion Schools · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Mexico · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish
Español Interactivo, Oaxaca, Oaxaca Mexico - a Review (part 2)
March 13th, 2009 No Comments
I spent 3 weeks in Oaxaca attending the Español Interactivo. Here is my experience.
Tags: choosing a language school · Español Interactivo · immersion · Immersion school · Immersion Schools · Learn Spanish · Mexico · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish
Skype - A Review
February 22nd, 2009 No Comments
Skype! The program that lets you talk computer to computer or computer to phone. Computer to computer is free. All you need are a microphone and speakers or earphones - at each end, of course. Computer to phone has a fee, but it isn’t much.
My wife just got back from 7 weeks in Mexico. [...]
Saturday Trip to see the Butterflies near Valle Bravo, Mexico
February 15th, 2009 No Comments
We planned to begin our drive to the city of Valle Bravo around 9 a.m., but it was 10:30 before we got on the road. It was Saturday after all and it was going to be a day of relaxation as well as travel. Rodolfo works away from home during the week, so I think [...]
Tags: Cuernavaca · immersion · Immersion school · Immersion Schools · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Mexico · Spanish · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish · Universidad Internacional · Valle Bravo Mexico
Universidad Internacional (UNINTER) In Cuernavaca Mexico - a Review
February 15th, 2009 2 Comments
The first week of school was a challenge but I loved it. It was exactly as I remembered it from last year except this time I am taking 5 hours each day of private classes instead of group classes. Plus one group class - a lecture.
The first three hours are for grammar. 50 minute [...]
Tags: Cuernavaca · immersion · Immersion school · Immersion Schools · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Mexico · Spanish · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish · Universidad Internacional
Things to Consider When Choosing a Language School
February 13th, 2009 No Comments
Since there has been such difference in the Spanish immersion schools we’ve attended, we’ve been discussing what to look for in a school. We tried to research our schools ahead of time, but still, you never really know until you get there.
Naturally, you want to look at their website. And it’s a good idea to [...]
Tags: Argentina · choosing a language school · immersion · Immersion school · Immersion Schools · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Mexico · San Miguel de Allende · Spanish · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish
Absolut Vodka Redraws the U.S./Mexico Border
October 30th, 2009 No Comments
Have you seen this? It’s an advertisement for Absolut Vodka that ran in the Mexican media a few months ago. It plays on the feelings (resentment?) of some Mexicans about the events leading up to the establishment of the current border (war, cash, etc). What was Absolut Vodka thinking? Did they think that no one [...]
Tags: Absolut · Mexican and U.S. border · Mexico · serapatist movement