David, I had the same reaction as you did to "Cinderella Man" - I don't
normally like boxing movies, but this was a good one.   Thought it was just
Russell Crowe, but those "empathy" neurons must act independently of
judgment.  We must chose our movies with care.
Ray
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From: "DAVID LEWIN" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 6:16 AM
Subject: Re: "More alive"/Amanda


> Dear Ray and Amanda,
> I too find that I start twitching and jerking when I become emotional.
> Appropos of Memorial Day, I twitch the most while watching war movies.
> The
> intense drama of the battle scenes makes me twitch from one end of the
> couch
> to the other.  Also, what has been your experience watching "Cinderella
> Man"
> and other boxing movies.  My muscles twitch as if I was in the ring
> jabbing
> and punching.  Scientists recently discovered that our brains have "mirror
> neurons" that trigger when we are empathetic.  I never noticed this
> reaction
> before PD.  The blessing is that when I watch any movie with the least bit
> of drama, they pack an emotional wallop.  Even watching "Dreamer", the
> rather perdictable horse movie with Kurt Russel and Dakota Fanning proved
> an
> emotionally wrenching but curiously rewarding experiemce. I live in
> dreadful
> expectation as to what "Cars" and "Over the Hedge" are going to do to me.
> David
>
>
>>From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
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>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: "More alive"/Amanda
>>Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 08:46:42 -0700
>>
>>Yep, I have an overactive brain.  Need to be either dead or asleep.
>>
>>Or perhaps I am too alive.  When I was teaching I had a former cop student
>>teacher who asked the kids to evaluate him.  I thought he was great, but
>>my
>>kids, who were used to me,  told him he needed to be "more alive".  He
>>said
>>he didn't know how he could be more alive. Ray
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>>From: "Amanda Phillips" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 4:00 PM
>>Subject: Re: tremors/shaking, Tim
>>
>>
>>>Well, they stop when asleep, so if it could be arranged to keep a little
>>>bit
>>>of brain asleep while the rest got on with stuff.....
>>>
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