Circadian rhythms and work rhythms
The New York Times has an interesting piece about efforts to match work schedules to circadian rhythms: At the Denmark offices of the pharmaceutical company AbbVie, employees design
“the first step to the investigation of the creative mind is the historical approach”
From the opening page of Rosamund E. M. Harding's The Anatomy of Inspiration: We venture to suggest, therefore, that the first step to the investigation of the creative
This is not a crazy idea
Chris Bailey has a piece in the New York Times about focus, distraction, and quality of work: When it comes to focusing at work, there is no shortage
Sleep, brain maintenance, and Alzheimer’s disease
In Rest, I talk about how sleep turns out to be a form of what I call "active rest:" rest in which the body is actually doing things
New things on vacations
I've been thinking a bit about vacations, partly because I'm off to England tomorrow for some research, some interviews, and a little time off with my wife. My
Esports and the rise of training facilities: Even professional gamers need breaks
not the esports training center in the article The Washington Post has an article about how esports franchises are starting to build training facilities for teams that offers
Using science in history: the case of spontaneous thinking
Within the discipline of history, the effort to use theories from the human and natural sciences-- e.g., psychology, psychoanalysis, biology, and other fields-- to explain historical change is
“Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days:” Daniel Pink on time of day and performance
Daniel Pink has an excerpt from his new book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, that talks about the rather large effect circadian rhythms have on our
Making to-do lists before bed can help you fall asleep (and solve problems)
The British Psychological Society’s Research Digest reports on a new study that finds that making lists before bed can “help you fall asleep more quickly.” Before they tried
Stephon Alexander, physics, jazz, and inspiration
In his recent book The Jazz of Physics, Brown University theoretical physicist Stephon Alexander talks about the connections he sees between playing jazz and doing physics. Of course,