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Documentary: Secret Life of Your Body Clock

Publisher2 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:32:23 PST

Why are you more likely to have a heart attack at eight o’clock in the morning or crash your car on...

Separate Critical Thinking Lessons for Children and Adults

Publisher2 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:07:34 PST

For Children: The resource covers basic logic and faulty arguments, developing student’s...

Body of a Dancer

Publisher2 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:48:03 PST

A cinematic poem brings an ode to dancers and what they are able to do with their body, by showing...

Enhance Metacognition and Problem-Solving by Talking Out Loud to Yourself

Publisher2 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:24:44 PST

The MC at the University of Michigan’s reunion dinner encouraged audience members to reveal...

Obesity is associated with altered brain function

Publisher2 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:16:28 PST

In most western countries the annual increase in the prevalence and the severity of obesity is...

Good Stress vs. Bad Stress: How Stress can Impair or Improve Performance

Publisher2 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:49:22 PST

Imagine times in your life when you felt stress – a job interview, a first date, a piano recital,...

The Relativity Mind Trap: How Comparisons Can Lead Us Astray

Publisher2 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:56:46 PST

by Luciano Passuello, LiteMind Our minds make sense of the world by making comparisons. For...

Twenty-Nine Ways To Stay Creative

Publisher2 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:17:42 PST

Make lists. Carry a notebook everywhere. Try free writing. Get away from the computer. Quit beating...

Taking imagination seriously

Publisher2 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:03:59 PST

Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing — which forced...

Timelapse of Swarming Monster Worms and Sea Stars

Publisher2 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:56:06 PST

Three-foot nemertean worms and carnivorous sea stars prowl the Antarctic in search of flesh....

Improve Your Memory by Speaking Your Mind’s Language

Publisher2 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:30:53 PST

by Luciano Passuello, LiteMind By learning the language your mind uses, you’ll be able to tap into...

What is Déjà vu?

Publisher2 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:44:34 PST

Déjà vu is the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current...

Goodreads: Meet your next favorite book!

Publisher2 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:33:24 PST

Goodreads is the largest site for readers and book recommendations in the world. We have more than...

Hearing Metaphors Activates Brain Regions Involved In Sensory Experience

Publisher2 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:54:26 PST

When a friend tells you she had a rough day, do you feel sandpaper under your fingers? The brain...

Origins of Us: What Makes Us Human

Publisher2 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:38:25 PST

Hosted by YouTube Dr Alice Roberts reveals how your body tells the story of human evolution. The...

Shawn Achor: The Happy Secret To Better Work

Publisher2 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:16:50 PST

We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and...

Develop Perfect Memory With The Memory Palace Technique

Publisher2 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:35:01 PST

Luciano Passuell, LiteMind The Memory Palace is one of the most powerful memory techniques I know....

Documentary: The Ghost In Our Genes

Publisher2 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:41:53 PST

Host: Google Videos, 2008 Our genes carry unbelievable information of our past. And it is this...

Orson Welles Schmoozes About Churchill

Publisher2 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:16:58 PST

*funny* Winston Churchill helped Orson Welles get some movie-money from a Russian financier. George...

A New Study Shows How to Boost the Power of Pain Relief, Without Drugs

Publisher2 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:47:45 PST

Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction—say, doing a puzzle—relieves...

Sunk Cost Bias: How It Hinders Your Life and 4 Ways to Overcome It

Publisher2 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:21:19 PST

by Luciano Passuello, LiteMind The sunk cost bias is a thinking trap that not only slows down...

Signal To Noise: Time Lapse of The Very Large Array

Publisher2 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:04:54 PST

The Very Large Array (VLA) is a radio astronomy observatory located on the Plains of San Agustin,...

Men More Likely To Have An Accurate Memory of Unpleasant Experiences

Publisher2 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:21:20 PST

A woman’s memory of an experience is less likely to be accurate than a man’s if it was...

Decaffeinated coffee preserves memory function by improving brain energy metabolism

Publisher2 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:09:59 PST

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that decaffeinated coffee may...

Documentary: Helvetica

Publisher2 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:56:37 PST

Host: YouTube, Uploaded by misvios on Mar 28, 2011 Wikipedia: Helvetica is an independent...