Gut Attention?
Focus Attention with our Gut ?
Shifting the focus from wide to narrow changes the feedback of what we observe. This then changes the electrical patterns and chemical actions in our brains, causing system-wide effects, like increased muscle tension, respiratory rate, and a higher flow of neurotransmitters and hormones.
All of these influence our perception, thinking, memory, performance, physiology, and emotional well being.
Researchers concluded that our gut possesses a separate brain, called the enteric nervous system. It is a network of 100-300 million neurotransmitters, neurons, and proteins found in the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and colon.
It has cells like brain-cells and a complex circuitry that allows it to act independently, to learn, remember, and produce ‘gut feelings‘. Not until an intellectual understanding sinks into this gut brain, are we totally convinced about some-thing.
