Concentration is contagious
You may find you work better in a coffee shop than in your bedroom, but perhaps not for the reasons you’ve been led to believe. Instead of the
“The content we devour on the internet really can have a lasting effect on our cognitive abilities”
Drugs aren’t the only thing that can addle our brains. New research confirms what your brain may feel following a long, uncontrolled binge through the depths of your
Workaholics are more likely to have ADHD
Sampling 16,426 Norwegian workers who responded to ads in online newspapers, a team lead by University of Bergen researcher Cecilie Schou Andreassen found that workaholics — or 7.8
Donkey Kong and the limits of neuroscience
Eric Jonas and Konrad Kording wondered, what would happen if they studied the chip in the style of neuroscientists? How would the approaches that are being used to
“it is very important to be idle with confidence”
I have often wondered whether especially those days when we are forced to remain idle are not precisely the days spent in the most profound activity. Whether our
Manage Stress by Listening to Your Body – Mindful
A new study in the journal Biological Psychology suggests that people with better body awareness tend to feel less stressed. That’s no surprise, perhaps, if you’ve already been practicing mindfulness, but may seem odd
Identity projects, adolescence, and success
A recent book by Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, and Kathryn Edin, Coming of Age in the Other America, that aims to explain how some poor kids manage to thrive,
Big news: Rapper Crush wins second Korean Space Out Contest
This is easy to play as a "news of the weird" piece, but having spent lots of time studying the benefits of mind-wandering and restorative activities, I can't
Mind-wandering and Edge of Tomorrow
One of my favorite movies is the under-appreciated Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt movie Edge of Tomorrow, in which Cruise has to relive a disastrous battle hundreds of
Addiction, cellphone use, and depression
As someone who wrote a book called The Distraction Addiction, this new study by University of Illinois researchers Alejandro Lleras and Tayana Panova caught my eye: Is cellphone use detrimental