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Cognifit
Your brain controls everything you do. Having strong cognitive skills will help you enjoy a more successful life. Are you ready to discover yours?CogniFit is a revolutionary technology that lets you e... Read more
http://www.cognifit.com/
Tags: brain, games, memory, fitness, exercise, software, mind, neuroscience, training, health Saved by: admin at 10 Jun 2011
Your brain controls everything you do. Having strong cognitive skills will help you enjoy a more successful life. Are you ready to discover yours?CogniFit is a revolutionary technology that lets you e... Read more
http://www.cognifit.com/
Tags: brain, games, memory, fitness, exercise, software, mind, neuroscience, training, health Saved by: admin at 10 Jun 2011
The internet: is it changing the way we think? | Technology | The Observer
The internet: is it changing the way we think? American writer Nicholas Carr's claim that the internet is not only shaping our lives but physically altering our brains has sparked a lively and ongoin... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/aug/15/internet-brain-neuroscience-debate
Tags: internet, brain, technology, psychology, neuroscience, guardian, via:packrati.us, news, web, article Saved by: admin at 16 Aug 2010
The internet: is it changing the way we think? American writer Nicholas Carr's claim that the internet is not only shaping our lives but physically altering our brains has sparked a lively and ongoin... Read more
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/aug/15/internet-brain-neuroscience-debate
Tags: internet, brain, technology, psychology, neuroscience, guardian, via:packrati.us, news, web, article Saved by: admin at 16 Aug 2010
BBC News - Brain works more like internet than 'top down' company
The brain appears to be a vastly interconnected network much like the Internet, according to new research. That runs counter to the 19th-Century "top-down" view of brain structure. A novel technique... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10925841
Tags: brain, internet, neuroscience, psychology, science, research, via:packrati.us, complexity, connections, management Saved by: admin at 11 Aug 2010
The brain appears to be a vastly interconnected network much like the Internet, according to new research. That runs counter to the 19th-Century "top-down" view of brain structure. A novel technique... Read more
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10925841
Tags: brain, internet, neuroscience, psychology, science, research, via:packrati.us, complexity, connections, management Saved by: admin at 11 Aug 2010
The Willpower Paradox: Scientific American
Asserting willpower actually diminishes performance. This made me think of the mindfulness/Vipassana training (Kabat-Zinn). The only effort you extend is a certain curiosity about how things will unf... Read more
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-willpower-paradox
Tags: psychology, motivation, willpower, behavior, brain, mind, neuroscience, toread, article, interesting Saved by: admin at 12 Jul 2010
Asserting willpower actually diminishes performance. This made me think of the mindfulness/Vipassana training (Kabat-Zinn). The only effort you extend is a certain curiosity about how things will unf... Read more
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-willpower-paradox
Tags: psychology, motivation, willpower, behavior, brain, mind, neuroscience, toread, article, interesting Saved by: admin at 12 Jul 2010
The Creativity Crisis - Newsweek
"Like intelligence tests, Torrance’s test—90-minute series of discrete tasks, administered by a psychologist—has been taken by millions worldwide in 50 languages. Yet there is 1 crucial differen... Read more
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html
Tags: creativity, education, psychology, science, children, newsweek, neuroscience, article, via:packrati.us, politics Saved by: admin at 12 Jul 2010
"Like intelligence tests, Torrance’s test—90-minute series of discrete tasks, administered by a psychologist—has been taken by millions worldwide in 50 languages. Yet there is 1 crucial differen... Read more
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html
Tags: creativity, education, psychology, science, children, newsweek, neuroscience, article, via:packrati.us, politics Saved by: admin at 12 Jul 2010
How facts backfire - The Boston Globe
If people are furnished with the facts, they will be clearer thinkers and better citizens. If they are ignorant, facts will enlighten them. If they are mistaken, facts will set them straight. In the... Read more
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?page=full
Tags: psychology, politics, misinformation, cognition, facts, society, article, brain, neuroscience, argument_against_convention Saved by: admin at 12 Jul 2010
If people are furnished with the facts, they will be clearer thinkers and better citizens. If they are ignorant, facts will enlighten them. If they are mistaken, facts will set them straight. In the... Read more
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/?page=full
Tags: psychology, politics, misinformation, cognition, facts, society, article, brain, neuroscience, argument_against_convention Saved by: admin at 12 Jul 2010
Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains | Magazine
May 24, 2010 | Wired magazine | By Nicholas Carr. Adapted from The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. "There’s nothing wrong with absorbing information quickly and in bits and pi... Read more
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/all/1
Tags: brain, psychology, technology, internet, education, neuroscience, research, learning, web, attention Saved by: admin at 28 May 2010
May 24, 2010 | Wired magazine | By Nicholas Carr. Adapted from The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. "There’s nothing wrong with absorbing information quickly and in bits and pi... Read more
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_nicholas_carr/all/1
Tags: brain, psychology, technology, internet, education, neuroscience, research, learning, web, attention Saved by: admin at 28 May 2010
Adult Learning - Neuroscience - How to Train the Aging Brain - NYTimes.com
Brains in middle age, which, with increased life spans, now stretches from the 40s to late 60s, also get more easily distracted. Start boiling water for pasta, go answer the doorbell and — whoosh â€... Read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03adult-t.html?em
Tags: brain, learning, neuroscience, health, psychology, aging, education, science, memory, nytimes Saved by: admin at 03 Jan 2010
Brains in middle age, which, with increased life spans, now stretches from the 40s to late 60s, also get more easily distracted. Start boiling water for pasta, go answer the doorbell and — whoosh â€... Read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03adult-t.html?em
Tags: brain, learning, neuroscience, health, psychology, aging, education, science, memory, nytimes Saved by: admin at 03 Jan 2010
Adult Learning - Neuroscience - How to Train the Aging Brain - NYTimes.com
"While it’s tempting to focus on the flaws in older brains, that inducement overlooks how capable they’ve become. Over the past several years, scientists have looked deeper into how brains age and... Read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03adult-t.html
Tags: brain, learning, neuroscience, memory, science, psychology, aging, nytimes, article, teaching Saved by: admin at 02 Jan 2010
"While it’s tempting to focus on the flaws in older brains, that inducement overlooks how capable they’ve become. Over the past several years, scientists have looked deeper into how brains age and... Read more
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03adult-t.html
Tags: brain, learning, neuroscience, memory, science, psychology, aging, nytimes, article, teaching Saved by: admin at 02 Jan 2010
Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up | Magazine
Modern science is populated by expert insiders, schooled in narrow disciplines. Researchers have all studied the same thick textbooks, which make the world of fact seem settled. The scientists capable... Read more
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_accept_defeat/all/1
Tags: science, failure, neuroscience, psychology, learning, creativity, innovation, research, productivity, theory Saved by: admin at 23 Dec 2009
Modern science is populated by expert insiders, schooled in narrow disciplines. Researchers have all studied the same thick textbooks, which make the world of fact seem settled. The scientists capable... Read more
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_accept_defeat/all/1
Tags: science, failure, neuroscience, psychology, learning, creativity, innovation, research, productivity, theory Saved by: admin at 23 Dec 2009