by Madelaine Weiss | Sep 20, 2017 | Attention, Work
“Researchers in the United States have investigated mind wandering….the volunteers reported mind wandering 70% of the time.”* Scientists may refer to it as ‘stimulus independent’ or ‘default network’ thinking. Mindfulness tutors may liken the wandering mind to a bunch...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 28, 2017 | Narcissism, Spending
The researchers found that brain activity associated with happiness, along with self-reported happiness, increased simply after making a commitment to be generous to others. Happiness and happiness-related brain activity also went up when actually giving, the research...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 20, 2017 | Mismatch, Uncategorized
”Only through solidarity and cooperation within one’s own group was it possible to raise children and survive when competing against unknown and rivaling groups for scarce resources in pre-civilized times…”* There it is, folks. This could be what we are up...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 8, 2017 | Emotion, Mismatch, Talking
Similar to the “hate-watching” experience of viewing television programmes you don’t like because you enjoy mocking them, this can be seen as a mild form of “hate-reading.” Logging onto Facebook gives you the chance to be indignantly...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 30, 2017 | Mismatch, Play
How being hunter-gatherers boosted human brainpower and taught us to love exercise….New research suggests that the link between exercise and the brain is a product of our evolutionary history and our past as hunter-gatherers, and the same parts of the brain that are...
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