Karri Lynn Wilson

~Always Stay Humble And Kind ~ 🇨🇦🇺🇦

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A recent research demonstrates that birdwatching can literally rewire the human brain through neuroplasticity, producing measurable structural and functional changes that enhance perception, attention, and cognitive performance—potentially even helping to buffer against age-related decline.

While birdwatching has long been celebrated for its calming, restorative qualities, emerging neuroscientific findings reveal it delivers far deeper benefits. A 2026 study used diffusion-weighted and functional MRI to compare the brains of 29 expert birdwatchers (ages 24–75) with 29 matched novices (ages 22–79). Experts showed greater tissue density—indicating more compact, efficient neural organization—in regions tied to attention, perception, working memory, spatial awareness, and object recognition.

These structural adaptations enabled experts to identify birds, including unfamiliar or non-local species, with significantly higher speed and accuracy. During identification tasks, experts displayed increased activity in key areas such as the bilateral prefrontal cortex, bilateral intraparietal sulcus, and right occipitotemporal cortex—regions critical for visuospatial attention, object categorization, and memory.

This mirrors brain remodeling observed in other expertise domains, like multilingualism or professional musicianship, where prolonged practice fine-tunes visual and auditory processing. By repeatedly attending to subtle cues in plumage, songs, flight patterns, and behavior, birdwatchers drive cortical reorganization. Notably, these expertise-linked changes persisted across the adult lifespan, with older experts exhibiting brain features in relevant regions more akin to those of younger individuals—suggesting the development of cognitive reserve that may protect against aging effects.

[Wing, E. A., et al. (2026). The tuned cortex: Convergent expertise-related structural and functional remodeling across the adult lifespan. Journal of Neuroscience. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1307-25.2026]

[Joyce Meyer @JoyceMeyer]

You preach with your life. Most of the people that need Jesus are not gonna come into church to find Him. But they're where you work, they're where you go to school, they're where you grocery shop, they're everywhere. #JoyceQuote

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

The so called "insiders hahaha are now called the outsiders.🤪

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

Wow! Quiet....no side by sides, atvs, lawn mowers! I can actually hear the wildlife 🥰

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

#BREAKING: Hockey Night in Canada will no longer air on CBC after the current season, ending a tradition that has been on Canadian TV since 1952. Sportsnet and CBC announced the end of their 12-year NHL partnership. 📺 🇨🇦

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

Yikes! Hitting 31 degrees! in June! while still working in a school with no air conditioning!🤢

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

Privately owned wood lots are all he cuts. So if someone wants land cleared...

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

My husbands processor(foresty gear)burned down Friday. 🥺
You live in houses built from wood,you heat those houses with wood, you wipe your butt with wood,you read books from wood, yet you don't support logging🙄Go after Irvings,not me Just trying to make an honest days living.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Scientists have identified specific gut bacteria that appear to trigger multiple sclerosis (MS).

In a groundbreaking study conducted at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, researchers examined 81 pairs of identical twins in which only one sibling had MS. This unique design allowed them to control for genetic and environmental factors, isolating the role of the microbiome.

The team found that two bacterial species, Eisenbergiella tayi and Lachnoclostridium, were significantly more abundant in the twins with MS. When these microbes were transferred into mouse models, they directly induced MS-like autoimmune symptoms, providing strong causal evidence.

This is the most precise identification of microbial triggers for MS to date and adds powerful support to the gut-brain axis in autoimmune disease. The discovery raises hope for new approaches to early detection, prevention, and treatment — potentially by targeting or modulating these specific bacteria before symptoms appear.

While human clinical trials are still needed, the findings represent a major step toward microbiome-based therapies for MS and other autoimmune conditions.

[Yoon, H., Gerdes, L. A., Beigel, F., Sun, Y., Kövilein, J., Wang, J., Kuhlmann, T., Flierl-Hecht, A., Haller, D., Hohlfeld, R., Baranzini, S. E., Wekerle, H., & Peters, A. (2025). Multiple sclerosis and gut microbiota: Lachnospiraceae from the ileum of MS twins trigger MS-like disease in germfree transgenic mice—An unbiased functional study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(18), e2419689122. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2419689122]

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

@MrSoberPickle Just being a good human being as well 🥰

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

@RaminNasibov Minesweeper

[𝓐 ⭑ @ayojoestar]

Autism is noticing patterns so early people think you’re overthinking… until three months later

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

Dandelions releasing their spores makes it look like it is snowing in June😁

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

Lawn mowers... all day,all evening🫩 #springisloud

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

Here comes the full moon ❤️🌚

[Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays]

SWEET JESÚS

His FIRST career grand slam!!!!!

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

There is something very satisfying in hitting a junebug out of midair with a pickle ball paddle! #seeyawouldntwannabeya

[Karri Lynn Wilson @Karri_Lyn]

18 years later 💔🙏 one of the hardest days of my life.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE:

1. Only 10% of the world is left-handed, and nobody fully knows why.
2. Left-handers process language in both brain hemispheres, not just one.
3. They are statistically more likely to become artists, musicians and architects.
4. Left-handed people reach anger faster but also recover from it quicker.
5. Studies show they are better at multitasking than right-handed people.
6. Most left-handers subconsciously hide their dominant hand in social settings.
7. They are overrepresented among geniuses,Einstein, Tesla, Da Vinci were all left-handed.
8. Left-handed people dream more vividly and remember dreams more clearly.
9. They are more likely to suffer insomnia and sleep disorders.
10. The world is literally built against them,scissors, desks, keyboards were all designed for the right hand.
11. Left-handed people are more likely to be affected by fear and anxiety due to how their brain processes negative emotions.
12. Ancient cultures considered left-handedness a sign of supernatural power and witchcraft.