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5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness | Cracked.com - StumbleUpon. Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it. There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want. We can't vouch for any of these, either their effectiveness or safety. All we can say is that they sound awesome, since apparently you can make your brain... #5. So you just picked up the night shift at your local McDonald's, you have class every morning at 8am and you have no idea how you're going to make it through the day without looking like a guy straight out of Dawn of the Dead, minus the blood... hopefully.

"SLEEEEEEEEEP... uh... What if we told you there was a way to sleep for little more than two hours a day, and still feel more refreshed than taking a 12-hour siesta on a bed made entirely out of baby kitten fur? Holy Shit! Your Personalized Brain Training Program. Christmas Lectures 2011 - Meet your Brain. The CHRISTMAS LECTURES® return for their one hundred and eighty-second series!

Renowned experimental psychologist Professor Bruce Hood delivering a demonstration packed, three-part series, 'Meet Your Brain'. Meet Your Brain Inside each and every one of us is the most marvellous structure in the known universe – the human brain. Our brains make us who we are, yet how they work has long been a mystery. But in the last few years, science has started to reveal this hidden and complex world.

Bruce said: "I am truly thrilled to present the 2011 CHRISTMAS LECTURES®. Watch the Lectures You can watch the lectures right here, on the Ri Channel: Try the illusions Want to try some of the demonstrations and illusions for yourself? Bruce's Blog Bruce blogged about his experience: watch his video blogs below, or read his posts here. Media Gallery Professor Bruce Hood Image: Royal Institution Professor Bruce Hood Image: Royal Institution. 8 Things Everybody Ought to Know About Concentrating - StumbleUpon.

“Music helps me concentrate,” Mike said to me glancing briefly over his shoulder. Mike was in his room writing a paper for his U.S. History class. On his desk next to his computer sat crunched Red Bulls, empty Gatorade bottles, some extra pocket change and scattered pieces of paper. In the pocket of his sweat pants rested a blaring iPod with a chord that dangled near the floor, almost touching against his Adidas sandals. Mike made a shift about every thirty seconds between all of the above.

Do you know a person like this? The Science Behind Concentration In the above account, Mike’s obviously stuck in a routine that many of us may have found ourselves in, yet in the moment we feel it’s almost an impossible routine to get out of. When we constantly multitask to get things done, we’re not multitasking, we’re rapidly shifting our attention. Phase 1: Blood Rush Alert When Mike decides to start writing his History essay, blood rushes to his anterior prefrontal cortex. Phase 2: Find and Execute. How to Plant Ideas in Someones Mind - StumbleUpon.

Maximising your memory. 5 Attention Deficit Drugs Reviewed (by Taking Them) When I first applied to be Cracked's resident drug reviewer, I was informed that "That isn't a thing" and that "We'll be testing tomorrow. " But after I went ahead and wrote this anyway, then misguidedly launched a series of pro-drug children's literature and even wrote this science fiction serial novel about the manifold virtues of rampant chemical liberation, the higher-ups started to reconsider ... caring about what I do. So now that they've stopped checking my column for libel before it goes live, let's do another installment of the drug review! Quickly, before they come back!

Thesis My first foray into the field of professional junkieism was full of mistakes, I understand that now. The chief error was buying all of my prescriptions in baggie form from a man whose office was "the wet spot beneath the pier. " But perhaps more scientifically unsound was my own faulty motivation: I was testing for the wrong thing from the start. Test #5. Wikipedia Commons Well, there's your problem. #4. . #3.