Art Slideshow – Nature’s Art

I just got off the phone with a mom who said she preferred the longer slideshows, so this one is slightly over 5 minutes long.

As I have said for the other slideshows, if you want to multiply the effect this slideshow can have on your brain chemistry then do some smelling at the same time you watch it. It can be anything that you think smells really nice. For me, sometimes, it is the palm of my hand, especially when I have done some cooking earlier in the day and my hands smell of onion or garlic. MMMMMMHH!

I will refer you to some studies made on rats about smelling and adding another pleasurable sensory stimulus to multiply the effect on dopamine release in particular.

• Coopersmith R, Weihmuller FB, Kirstein CL, Marshall JF, Leon M. “Extracellular Dopamine Increases in the Neonatal Olfactory Bulb During Odor Preference Training.” Brain Research 564, no. 1 (1991): 149-53.
• Coopersmith, R, Leon, M. “Enhanced Neural Response to Familiar Olfactory Cues.” Science 225, no. 4664 (1984): 849-51.
• M, Leon. “Plasticity of Olfactory Output Circuits Related to Early Olfactory Learning.” Trends in Neurosciences 10, no. 10 (1987): 434-38.

Please tell me if you would like to see more of this type of slideshow, or if you prefer the fine art ones.