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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 ----- Original Message ----- 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 >><[log in to unmask]> >>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 >>----- Original Message ----- >>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..... >>> >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >>>mailto:[log in to unmask] >>>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >>mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn