The Scientific Power of Thought

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The power of the mind and it's ability to affect physical change may shock you! Find out how simply imagining can make it so.
Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).
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Further Reading --
1) The Brain That Changes Itself - Norman Doidge, M.D.
Music Experiment:
2) jn.physiology.org/content/74/3...
3) ti.me/WifVpK
Muscle Experiement:
4) jn.physiology.org/content/67/5...
Brain Plasticity:
5) bit.ly/S8CHlM

[@nandakumargp]

So I can workout just by imagining

[@Kingfamily702]

Nandhu GP yes u can 😭

[@gmrivera8608]

@Adithyan S Raj The real definition of muscle memory

[@aurorajulien2187]

This is just superb, I been tryin to find out about "meditation techniques for positive thinking" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Piyameron Singular Preeminence - (do a google search ) ? It is a smashing one off guide for ending your limiting beliefs without the hard work. Ive heard some decent things about it and my co-worker got amazing results with it.

[@rubipanjiayar2068]

No

[@mic_derin]

It’s funny because you actually can 🤣

[@084surajrao6]

These videos are brilliant. They distill the information into very small segments, and use illustrations brilliantly to help us understand. And the budget seems to be pretty low as well. It's pretty amazing how even their early videos were of good quality. Makes me want to try out something like this as well.

[@theassasinhex7007]

ikr

[@sonblast6311]

I understood it but the some of the people commenting don’t seem like they have. They’re all like “so I can imagine working out and get ripped?” My dudes in the video it literally said that you’d have to put in physical effort.

[@therealorberon]

Do you even lift? Through imagination.

[@ashalatasastrytenneti9156]

B

[@teddyharli9006]

[@rupeshkumardalavi4872]

Yepp... There's a thing called telekinesis.

[@shevasiete7683]

This was great, I've been looking for "how do i change my thoughts to positive?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Piyameron Singular Preeminence - (just google it ) ? It is a great one of a kind guide for ending your limiting beliefs without the normal expense. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my co-worker got great results with it.

[@leyermoderador8964]

Many thanks, I've been looking for "how does positive thinking affect your health?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Piyameron Singular Preeminence - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? It is a great one of a kind product for ending your limiting beliefs without the hard work. Ive heard some super things about it and my work buddy got great success with it.

[@LIVEFRMNYC]

My workout video will be called ... Imagination Workout. I'll make millions :)

[@sihintas5336]

hahahaha

[@prashups]

LOL :D. Atleast it will be better than imaginations running haywire.

[@zesjerome7189]

wrg

[@ovidiudrobota2182]

Are you a millionaire?

[@AsapSCIENCE]

We can't really jump to that conclusion. The emphasis is that mental practice is an effective way to prepare for learning physical skills, but certainly not sufficient by itself. It's more about strengthening the neuron connections/growth, as opposed to the muscle strength/growth. But neural-connections are really only part of the equation when it comes physical action. So by imagining, you are only engaging one aspect, which likely has it's limits.

[@Leto85]

So, when I think 'I'm going to the gym tonight' I am actually getting stronger already by just thinking it. Well done brain!

[@MarcosLopez-ky5yg]

great, ill just imagine im studying and see how it works...

[@9308323]

You first have to know what you were studying though and its contents.

[@mhw0619]

How do you imagine it if you don't know the content?

[@SilverDisobedience]

Keep these coming! Your research and ability to deliver lots of info in a concise manner is truly amazing. Even our kids love them!

[@cyberkitty172639]

This is actually true! I have been drawing for quiet a long time, and I am always self teaching anything that can be learned, Through tutorials and through practice, and personally I think both make an exceptional improvement to my current skills and each time gets better! I completly recomend this to all artists!

[@pliforov7586]

So you're saying if I imagine going to the gym and working out, I will become stronger?!?!?!? OMG BRB

[@ultimategoku8537]

Phan Trash no no ur getting it wrong. U have to imagine using ur muscles more than imagining about the gym itself

[@ultimategoku8537]

Haram Khor yes i dont go for even a walk now for 2 years coz im a student now. my muscular strength didnt increase but it didnt decrease either . I still have the exact same muscular strength and capacity. And also due to my firm belief that i cant get ill , i havent caught any illness not even common cold since june 2016 and this may be due to the placebo effect that my thoughts keeps my immunity strong. So thoughts really are the most important key in the functionality of this human body.

[@ultimategoku8537]

Marilyn J. Bowne its just a video full of quotes from people. Its nothing new at all.

[@GadgetizeInfos]

LOL! I think you can apply this to the actual exercise by visualizing like golfer do before swinging. I have found it very useful in the last 8 months of my life and the benefits are starting to reveal themselves. It is hard work to get better at something but I managed to do it by visualizing and reading a lot from people who have done this and succeeded. These books jump.blinkist.com/SHgn helped me a lot to progress. I found a lot of best-selling books here that are transformed into power packs you can read or listen to in 15 minutes. Good luck to all of you and have a happy journey in front of you!

[@nafiahidris1344]

And the best comment of the video awrd goes to..

[@Dean_TV]

this reminds of the story about the crippled marathon runner who practiced mentally while he was in his hospital bed recovering. he got out two days before the competition, ran the race, and finished in the top 10 out of 100s. great video guys. keep up the great work!

[@Wirtzak]

I have especially felt the effect of this during intense physical exercise. I actually get significantly stronger by first imagining how I'm going to move. Then I imagine my muscles get overloaded with energy. While performing the exercise I imagine all the energy unleash explosively.

[@LotsoSheeps]

"A little bit of imagination never hurts." Ummm...

[@bun1905]

......

[@ApeUK]

explain

[@pearlman42]

Lots o Sheeps aren't you a sheep? :V ;) xD xP

[@loocie4636]

Huh

[@andrewduff4115]

and this is where existential crisises come in

[@Dominic-bj3ls]

AWW YEAH TIME TO LEARN SO KUNG FU AND PARKOURS, MATRIX LAZY STYLE :D

[@georgy2596]

yea just imagine practicing each night before bed and you'll be great in no time xD

[@patricklyonsofficial]

this has gotta be one of my favorite episodes of y’all’s that i’ve ever seen, thank y’all for sharing

[@martingautro2938]

This is one Awesome link guys . Thanks for the added links of other scientific options . Always watching , always learning

[@HungryTacoBoy]

I heard something cool regarding this about how the brain compartmentalizes thoughts and associates them with closed areas, like rooms. It's easier to remember something you were taught or thought while in the same room as it is if you're in another room/setting, which may also help explain why you may forget what you were doing until you go back to the room where that thought originated from. This is all from memory, but I hope this helps. :)

[@dulat]

And what if I imagine eating instead of actually eating?

[@sebimoe]

You will start drooling?

[@mr.cifuentes1779]

You will become more hungry actually, that just makes hunger worst

[@abhiramik8801]

you may feel more hungry but when you start eating. .. u'll eat little and u'll feel ur belly is full...

[@fakhrizahalim2579]

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[@atiyarahman732]

GoldenScout TUBE you're a virus. ppl known that it's a virus, so why do it? what's your pleasure from it??!

[@ksandstone6757]

That is absolutely amazing! So be careful what you imagine, because your brain is actually practicing how to do it.

[@DynamicMentalFitness]

I was about to ask for the research but it's in the description - AWESOME! Thanks for the vid.

[@checkeraka47]

So I can just imagine lifting heavy weights and get ripped?

[@hvaranhvaran]

+checkeraka47 yes. Then you can imagine yourselfe ripped, with gf, kids and then acual RIP.

[@checkeraka47]

ProjectTheEclipse Damn dude that's going from gym workouts, to like a more chi-like understanding. With chi being the energy of the mind.

[@PhilosophyScience11]

If a vehicle able to carry 5 ton weight then it does not mean that it have to carry as much as weight you want to carry.. Or it may also possible an ordinary person simply not able to use his mind at that level.

[@starboiklem8381]

not ripped just stronger

[@silvercontreras4060]

@@hvaranhvaran ha ha ha

[@97GoldDust]

Am i the only one who knew thoughts could be so powerful? It's not just physical stuff that thoughts can affect. If i was really excited or nervous and couldn't stop thinking about the time i would wake up then i would wake up at that very time with a deviation of around 10 minutes. Anyone else had that experience?

[@Anonymous-fj2uo]

Kinda. I remember being really excited to go on holiday the night before the morning I had to get up (at 4 in the mornign) to travel to the airport. I was then surprisingly really awake at 4:00 in the morning when we had to get up

[@Pinkyinter123]

True

[@Bluey_the_cat_976]

They're called dammit dreams.

[@sarayusarayu832]

You are brilliant. Thank you for all your videos! Love them all!

[@tessa.wright2016]

This really helps understand the power we have over our minds and bodies

[@gwho]

So if you're thinking about non physical things, like abstract logic, what neurons and pathways do they trigger that are overlap with other behaviors or thoughts?

[@MadisonI]

That is actually really cool

[@BluishGreenPro]

Fascinating! I've often wondered why I felt better at something even if I didn't take the time to physically practice it.

[@itsthatdude5246]

drink mint tea.. lay down and listen to some intense music... but think about running like crazy or jumping, whatever.. and you will feel it...

[@MoonLiteNite]

I actually used this to get faster at a rubik's cube. I went over 2 weeks without touching it and my times actually improved by about 10%, from about 50secs to about 44secs.... was rather weird, like i would pretend i had certain PLLs and would view the turns in my head. And doing F2L i would put random cases and crosses in front of me...

[@andreyutiamco9201]

Sounds cool. I haven't cubed in a while, but when I do imma try this.

[@Neelanshib]

***** Cool! I'll try this too.....if I get time

[@natesofamerica]

If they're imagining practicing the piano, what specifically are they imagining? Are they imagining themselves pressing each key with the appropriate loud or softness and fingering and all the right notes for a particular piece, or are they just picturing themselves in the third person on the piano, or is it neither of those?

[@KingTotz]

I'm guessing you imagine doing it in first person with intense focus, basically the first thing you described, so that when the time comes to actually play, it's easier to play because your perceived reality is already in first person. In order to do this, you have to know at least the basic knowledge of how to play the piano, which is I'm sure they did before they conducted the experiment. If you imagine yourself playing in third person, it makes you better at playing in third person, which makes no sense in your perceived reality.

[@mariahwashington190]

Love this video. I practice this all the time mentally because i want to get better with my law of attraction skills.

[@homerun0508]

can't stop watching these!

[@vasilisafrolova4758]

So I can imagine working my butt off all day, and I'll be stronger? Hey, new exercise.

[@GabeLucario]

0:56 Imaginaction

[@1233ghkkl]

👍

[@XanXan920]

I think that the main reason why I watch so many of ASAPSCIENCE videos is because I love the sound of his voice. and I don't know why

[@ORCHIDSAGE]

Thanks for tge awesome videos!! I will emagine you making more in the near future!!

[@emmaburkhalter2723]

Can you guys please do a video on how to tell if someone is lying

[@Shootingstar128]

Cool!

[@gregori959]

+Emma Burkhalter YES! i´m with you bro

[@emmaburkhalter2723]

Gregori Mirabal I swear i feel like they never read my comments LMAO

[@astronaut3696]

+Emma Burkhalter this came out 3 years ago so i dont think they would read ur comment

[@emmaburkhalter2723]

BBG haha I know but I commented on their recent videos too.

[@jasper491]

I HAVE A QUESTION: What is consciousness? Sure, it may sound like quite the easy question, but why do we have actual emotions, why and how can we imagine an entire movie inside our thoughts and why aren't we all just emotionless robots with no thoughts?

[@thecocicon1417]

God

[@christianryle6062]

The CoC Icon Exactly, thank you!

[@TheRedmanmark1]

We are all cursed.. thats the thing we cant use our emotions and thoughts properly there fore we will never know what it truly feels to be a spiritual human being.. a human head is like a barbe Que pit with the lid closed the third eye the fire will allways be controlled from bursting into beautiful flames..if u really wanna say "god" I'd rather say the universe

[@RakeshPGopal]

Bedo Pear To understand consciousness, lets question what's not conscious, unconscious or sub-conscious. Sub-conscious 'awareness' is when the roughly inner parts of your brain, involved in quick decision-making are aware of an event. But, the outer parts, involved in complex decision making, are not yet aware of the event. The inner parts of the brains are the instincts. They don't really reason out things. The reactions from this part of the brain are also such - Predator - run, Sexual mate - Prepare for mating, Tasty food - start salivating and grab the food, etc. The outer parts of the brain can perform complex decision-making and strategic planning. It can hold memories, refer-back to the old memories. These parts of the brain are constantly analyzing what's going on around and making strategies to deal with them. It's the 'conscious' part of our brain and it's when this part of our brain knows about a event that we consciously become aware of it. If these part of your brain stop working, you will lose all consciousness. There are parts of our brain, that can feed-back into the auditory and visual receptors, so the actual part of the brain dealing with auditory and visual signal actually sees what simulation is being played and makes sense out of it. It would help humans to 'think before they speak', in complex social setups. And simulate a strategy on how to hunt an animal or impress a mate. Emotions are our brains way of telling the body and other parts of the brain, 'you did a terrible thing, never repeat it again' or 'you did a great thing, you must do this more often'. Emotions also help humans survive in a social setup and chemically signals the body to protect you off-springs, sexual mate and other people/things important for your genes to propagate and survive. If we were though-less robots, it wouldn't have been possible for us to survive in this world. To protect ourselves from predators and find more food and propagate our genes, we needed to think and solve complex problems and take complex decisions.

[@TheFantasyboss]

The CoC Icon That's the most boring answer ever

[@jeevg7311]

So is this like training your brain for the upcoming? That's awesome

[@classicjonesy]

I actually love this channel :)

[@LearnEnglishESL]

I can't think positive enough... "If the soul identifies itself with the material world it remains dark, for in the natural world there is corruption, aggression, struggles for existence, greed, darkness,..." "but if it becomes the recipient of the graces of the world of mind, its darkness will be transformed into light, its tyranny into justice, its ignorance into wisdom,.." - Abdu’l-Baha, Divine Philosophy

[@mr.cifuentes1779]

Well said

[@LearnEnglishESL]

Thanks for the positive reply Saul.

[@mr.cifuentes1779]

You're on the right path, god bless take care.

[@LearnEnglishESL]

Thanks Saul, the same to you.

[@aquartzy5418]

Saul Cifuentes Jazz for a second I thought you said take cake 😂😂

[@Nimbus3690]

now im imagining working out when im really just watching porn

[@IngetKant]

This means that when you watch porn you are actually getting laid!

[@RantyCat]

This isn’t something you should be proud of.

[@Blindsushi]

Several years ago, I printed guitar tabs for a solo that I really liked and wanted to learn but it was late at night, so I laid in bed and went over the tabs, picturing myself playing the solo by reading the tabs, then the next day I was able to play it almost as if I had learned it with the guitar. I still needed a bit of practice but I had it down almost completely. Pretty cool.

[@craigcoates6247]

ASAP science is amazing in every way shape and form

[@Xgil2Play]

This is sort of an explanation for the placebo effect

[@MichaelYanke]

hence why 1/3rd of patience heal "Miraculously from thought"

[@kapilesh14]

but the problem with imagination is I can make myself the King of the World but outside I am a Mr. Nobody. The Action still is the king because society only recognizes that, however you can still push your brain into awesomeness by imagination that can be considered a comfort.

[@lllllllllll11111lllllllll]

Your thought pattern is an illustration of a already auto-set victim mentality. You have to effectively take action in the physical reality and do some “awesomeness” little by little to actually implement the mental practice you’ve already done. Just as you can imagine yourself with an amazing body you must now break it down into segments that can be practiced in the meant so state of imagination and in reality in order to get to the bigger goal of having a better body. From the top replace the negative thought process middle replace them with good ones motivational ones then take action through the imagination of small steps needed to achieve the higher goal

[@lllllllllll11111lllllllll]

I mean how tf could you “wish” to be somebody when you belittle yourself. As if in your subjective lucid imaginative mind your thought patterns show this “king of the world” thinking of himself as a nobody? So why would you implement them into this physical reality? If I’m your imaginative mind you’re imagining a charming confident outgoing person with no thoughts or feelings towards themselves that are negative how I’m the world could they exist as the “king of the world” in your imaginary world? What a depressed “king of the world” how does that work? When we think of what reality is and what a depressed “king of the world” would be, we see a sad lonely below Average (to society’s standards of course) Vessel of a being

[@M6Alex6961992]

I wish every video has the perfect lyrics on it like this . GOOD VIDEO . Thanks for sharing .

[@7oktarini]

this is an awesome information! thanks

[@sarasrandomz]

Can I use this method to lose some weight??!!!

[@yedingchang]

yes you can

[@sarasrandomz]

***** LoL yes I already did xD

[@KingTotz]

It takes tremendous focus to make your body(unconscious mind) to believe it's losing weight. This is an example of using your own thoughts to create a placebo.

[@ZombieJesus92]

lilserbogirl4eva Or maybe you just THINK you did ;D

[@robertmaycock5928]

If you want to loose weight make sure you sleep more than 3 hours then you burn 200 fat but sleep fir 2 weeks straight your burn 2800 fat

[@TheGiuse45]

I'm immaginating to loose weight

[@TheNinjaOfChrist]

Love your videos keep it up I've learned alot from all the video

[@DanteBrian]

Reminds me of a line from Mickey’s flashback in “Rocky 5”… “…That’s it mentalize. See that bum in front of you. You see yourself doing right and you’ll do right…”

[@zekel.2083]

so.. what if I imagined it and did it at the same time?

[@FalconFetus8]

When you do something, you are implicitly imagining doing it as well. It's impossible *not* to imagine doing something while doing it.

[@XpsyZ]

***** Umm... walking? We can do things implicit.

[@MagnemiteThames]

You would be normal. Its nearly impossible to do something without "thinking" it.

[@madetheinternet]

Maybe I can mentally workout so that I never have to go to the gym again.

[@geekgroupie42]

thankyou for providing references!

[@RikuxDaisukeNiwa13]

These are simply amazing :)

[@heimerdonger1266]

I don't agree with the evolution theory, but this guy is crazy smart. Like holy crap

[@Deniz_50]

yeah me too

[@PandaThe2nd]

you dont agree with evolution theory. Laawwlllzzz

[@Deniz_50]

PandaThe2nd no i don't

[@PandaThe2nd]

you dont agree.... asif it's a subjective thing you can just agree or disagree with... I don't believe in the gravity theory, am i going to float away?

[@Deniz_50]

PandaThe2nd alright let me put it in this way: I don't BELIEVE in the evolution theory

[@mwbgaming28]

finally an exercise that even the laziest american has no excuse not to do

[@subbybliss9729]

Thank u for the amazing video

[@rishabhmehta3937]

Finally a channel on KZbin worth watching videos...

[@mrtophatman]

How do we develop and sustain muscle memory? For example: remembering how to play a guitar... or retain skills in sports, athletics, balance, etc.

[@marko1kacanski]

excelent video! this effect probably contributes to the effectiveness of meditation as well.

[@lehgen]

thank you, you cleared up so many psychological concerns of mine

[@yoyoyoy500]

1:00-1:34 I can see applying to how some martial arts like Tai-chi or ones with a more demonstrative aspect like wushu work out in execution despite the slow practice and conceptualizing

[@AFKF1994]

this is awesome!!!

[@SirNintendo28]

i am actually downloading an ebook from audible! hooray for supporting asap! :D

[@zaynumar0]

truly amazing ! ! !

[@nickmarsala3787]

Don't worry your going to end up doing great with your fitness goals! Just keep at it! Good luck to you!

[@Jimpeeterske]

This channel is awesome

[@kato_dsrdr]

Yes, this is real.. I once became injured so I can't practice martial arts.. Instead, I always imagine myself practicing the moves daily for many hours until I will dream of myself doing the moves. When I recovered and actually did the moves, it became very sharp and accurate as heck.

[@Ta3allamOnline]

Mental practice is so important. A key thing is to practice, revise, or think about something that is important before sleep time, thus we advice students to study something so important before sleep. This makes our brain make the patterns (or connections) inside our it stronger! or maybe that is LTP?

[@adrianabella3787]

now i do 20 thinking and real push ups each day and other exercises to. this actually really helped because now i can achieve more than i used to

[@dreamingacacia]

Now I know how I'm better at drawing without much practice as most people I know do....I just thinking of the way to improve and bang! I can do it better than last time...still this is one of the life trap, so called double edge.

[@ella1170]

I'm so happy I came across this YT channel :D

[@Crosshill]

I like painting in my mind. I often sit and go thru the whole process of a new piece, or the process of other peoples work, or how i would tackle something new, or hell, minecraft creations. The mind is a great dahm tool

[@BlueIceWinter1114]

I don't really like science that much, but you make it soo interesting and cool :) i wish my teachers taught like you

[@poproxx8467]

This is honestly how I was self teaching art and such. Thought experiments, then triel and error.

[@noelgarland3068]

that book is great !

[@YTechUniverse]

Amazing Mental power. Very helpfull

[@recluk4896]

great one

[@gardoe.c.476]

Damn. Thanks for this. So thinking and wandering off does help then.

[@GullyLocal]

Your good at these drawings, nice video

[@jefersonvilaede]

the mind is so powerful, we can heal ourselves or destroy ourselves if we put energy on it hard enough

[@KyekOfficial]

Burning question for the next video (please!

[@kavishasingh]

The signature thing is so cool

[@KR_media]

This is amazing.

[@thribhuvanavangaveeti4101]

Yes.. I practically agree with the workout one

[@ChuckSwazeTPFS]

i always had a feeling about this i just didnt know how to explain. When i was a kid walking to class id concentrate real hard and imagined myself running and before i knew it one of my picked up pace suddenly.

[@exarep2616]

Good information, food for thought.

[@KimOBrien280]

Magic, thank you! Great news for pain sufferers etc, if such a technique can be taught for maximum efficacy.

[@matthewsloan9250]

I actually do that a lot and it really does help-just think about your studying while going to bed or something.

[@Ivansthename]

Awesome!

[@worldofsoumya]

Superb!👍👏👏

[@charlottekilpatrick8825]

This is kind of amazing.

[@93jks]

excellent!!!

[@juliacas3002]

I have this feeling that I learn more on this Channel than at school

[@FlipFlyTumble]

I was injured 1 week before my gymnastics competition so I only practiced one routine a day and then mentally practice the rest of the time. On the competition day, I hit every routine! The power of the mind :D

[@ileanaprofeanu7626]

i'm left handed and i learned to write with my right hand. when i imagine writing my signature with my right hand i find it hard to imagine... but when i imagine writing it with my left hand, even though I imagine it coming out shaky, as i don't know to write with my left hand, i do it much more quickly

[@metalslugunleashed27]

So that's why I sometimes get better at things I've never done for a long time!

[@vardasmith8218]

AMAZING!