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AutoMEQ. Welcome to the Automated Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire1 Our questionnaire gives you advice about your "circadian rhythm type. " There will be 19 questions about your daily sleep-wake habits and the times of day you prefer certain activities. Answering should take only about 5-10 minutes. As soon as you finish, you will receive personalized feedback. For each question, select the answer choice that best describes you. 4 simple exercises to strengthen attention and reduce distractibility. Mengxin Li “I think, therefore I am distracted.”

4 simple exercises to strengthen attention and reduce distractibility

If Descartes were writing today, this is what his famous aphorism might have become. We’re living in an age of distraction, battered by our own customized waterfall of notifications, alerts, texts, videos, bingeable TV, and more. Make Water Taste Better - 3 Steps to Making Tap Water Taste Like Bottled. A Beginner's Guide to the Low-FODMAP Diet. Workout Creation Instructions. Workout Creation Instructions ExRx.net > Weight Training > Outline Amazon Store Abdominal Bench Heavy Duty Pull up and Powerlifting Bands Olympic Bar Back Extension Bench Related Articles Weight Training Tips Westside Barbell Program Weight Training for Specific Populations: Women.

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Understand Myself - What You Need to Know. Podcasts – Psychedelic Salon Podcasts. The Finest Organic Mushroom Supplements. Fungi Perfecti. EHP299. Future Authoring. How it works The Future Authoring Program is designed to help you imagine your ideal future, three to five years down the road.

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FMF > Vitamin D Infographic. Start Bodyweight Training. DAREBEE - Fitness Made Easy. Exclusive: Elevated CO2 Levels Directly Affect Human Cognition, New Harvard Study Shows. In a landmark public health finding, a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health finds that carbon dioxide (CO2) has a direct and negative impact on human cognition and decision-making.

Exclusive: Elevated CO2 Levels Directly Affect Human Cognition, New Harvard Study Shows

These impacts have been observed at CO2 levels that most Americans — and their children — are routinely exposed to today inside classrooms, offices, homes, planes, and cars. Carbon dioxide levels are inevitably higher indoors than the baseline set by the outdoor air used for ventilation, a baseline that is rising at an accelerating rate thanks to human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels. So this seminal research has equally great importance for climate policy, providing an entirely new public health impetus for keeping global CO2 levels as low as possible. Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments. William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer? Pr213_E.pdf. 6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person. What Music Does to Your Brain While You Work.

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What Music Does to Your Brain While You Work

I forgot my headphones. Nothing has a more negative impact on my day than showing up to our office without them. Like most people, music is a huge part of my life and my tastes are constantly changing based on how I feel or what I’m doing. Dim Lighting Sparks Creativity - New German research finds a darkened room encourages freedom of thought and inspires innovation.

Dim Lighting Sparks Creativity -

There are certain times when you want the lights turned way down low. One such time, according to recent research, is when you need to think creatively. “Darkness increases freedom from constraints, which in turn promotes creativity,” report Anna Steidle of the University of Stuttgart and Lioba Werth of the University of Hohenheim. Ultimeyes Vision - See Farther. Fluoridation: Stealing our Precious Bodily Fluids. Fluoridation- a sensible and effective public health measure- or a commie (or Big Government) plot to steal your bodily fluids?

Fluoridation: Stealing our Precious Bodily Fluids

Fluoridation of public drinking water has been an environmental hot-topic for decades. I remember going to a talk about it nearly 20 years ago. More recently the odd phenomenon of the anti-fluoride movement has come to my attention through a report by Cork-based environmental scientist Declan Waugh. In Waugh’s lengthy report Human Toxicity, Environmental Impact and Legal Implications of Water Fluoridation which does not appear to have been published in a peer-reviewed journal and does not have the status of a scientific paper- he makes the following claim: Court Rulings Don't Confirm Autism-Vaccine Link. 7 Stupid Health Mistakes. Getting Started With The Fitness Social Network. 7 Strategies to Stop Procrastinating. Thanks to e-mail, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, Facebook, and countless other modern-day distractions, it’s easier than ever to find excuses to not be getting work done.

7 Strategies to Stop Procrastinating

Trick Your Brain for Happiness. This month, we feature videos of a Greater Good presentation by Rick Hanson, the best-selling author and trailblazing psychologist.

Trick Your Brain for Happiness

In this excerpt from his talk, Dr. 7 Limiting Beliefs of Unhappy People. Your beliefs shape your life.

7 Limiting Beliefs of Unhappy People

Trust me, I know that life can be hard. Really, really hard. But how you see the world is ultimately responsible for whether you are overall a happy person, or whether you end up feeling bitter and unhappy most days. Negative beliefs act like a filter. Daniel Dennett on Tools To Transform Our Thinking. Headspace (on-the-go) Learn the life-changing skills of meditation in just a few minutes a day with Headspace. Find hundreds of sessions on physical health, personal growth, stress management, and anxiety relief. They are all designed to help you stress less, focus more, and feel better. Download Headspace to meditate anywhere, anytime and start living a healthier, happier life. The myth of the eight-hour sleep. Image copyright Other We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural.

Decoding the Science of Sleep. Sleepyti.me bedtime calculator. Most Relaxing Tune. Health information from Consumer Reports Health. It's Time to End the War on Salt. ALCOHOL'S DAMAGING EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN. Culpeper Herbal Remedies.