African children being used as lab rats in heinous vaccine medical experiments. Multitasking Seems to Serve Emotional, Not Productivity, Needs. By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M.
Grohol, Psy.D. on May 1, 2012 The pace of everyday life and the ubiquity of media make multitasking a common part of daily existence for many. And while new research suggests multitasking can be stimulating and fun, it is actually not productive and hinders cognitive performance. “There’s this myth among some people that multitasking makes them more productive,” said Zheng Wang, Ph.D., lead author of the study and assistant professor of communication at Ohio State University. “But they seem to be misperceiving the positive feelings they get from multitasking. Take, for example, students who watched TV while reading a book. “They felt satisfied not because they were effective at studying, but because the addition of TV made the studying entertaining.
Wang’s study warns that multitasking can become a chronic, nonproductive behavior for college students. 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. In the early 1990s, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted an experiment in which a group of people were plunged into darkness for 14 hours every day for a month. It took some time for their sleep to regulate but by the fourth week the subjects had settled into a very distinct sleeping pattern. They slept first for four hours, then woke for one or two hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep. Though sleep scientists were impressed by the study, among the general public the idea that we must sleep for eight consecutive hours persists. In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a seminal paper, drawn from 16 years of research, revealing a wealth of historical evidence that humans used to sleep in two distinct chunks.
Image copyright bbc. 20 Bad Habits Holding Good People Back. World's Easiest Way to Be Much Healthier: Stand Up. By now you know you probably know that sitting down all day is terrible for you.
Who needs scientists to tell you that sitting for even one hour causes the production of fat-burning enzymes to decline a whopping 90%, or that more than four hours of desk time each day raises your risk of a heart attack by more than 100%? You can feel exactly how crappy sitting all day makes you feel at the end of each workday. (Though you may be shocked to learn that being a regular gym-goer doesn't protect you from the harmful effects of all that sitting.) The solution, according to recent articles in the New York Times and Wired, is simple: Get a standing desk. You'll join good company, they point out, as Leonardo da Vinci, Ben Franklin and Winston Churchill among many others worked standing up, and vastly improve your health. So why don't more of us actually make this move, especially entrepreneurs who are fully in control of how they work?
Simply put, it's a bit daunting. DIY Options Abound. 30 Challenges for 30 Days. Did you know that it takes 30 days to form a new habit?
The first few days are similar as to how you would imagine the birth of a new river. Full of enthusiasm it gushes forth, only to be met by strong obstacles. The path is not clear yet, and your surroundings don’t agree. Websites That Will Make You Smarter. Forget formal schooling for 30 minutes.
Here are outstanding examples of how a simple half-hour of web reading can increase your ability to understand and influence the world around you. Want to get smarter at understanding taxes or the economy? Want to better understand your own risk fears or why your teenager is so defiant? Want to improve your leadership ability at the office? Here are some free websites that are guaranteed to improve your brain power. 1. RSA Animate People who love TED.com also love RSA Animate. 2. Inc.com Inc.com (named for 'incorporation) is an intelligent and inspirational resource for the business world. 3. Discover Magazine If anyone can make science sexy, it is Discover Magazine. 4. Brain Pickings is a discovery engine for 'interestingness and curiosity quenchers'. 10 Small Habits of Less Stressed People. Image by KevinLallier (license).
“Unnatural work produces too much stress.”Bhagavad Gita. 100,000 Stars. Your Desk Is Making You Stupid. Your desk, scientists reported recently, is trying to kill you. According to the New York Times, scientists discovered that when we sit all day, "electrical activity in the muscles drops… leading to a cascade of harmful metabolic effects," and sadly even getting regular doses of exercise doesn't offset the damage. But now there's new evidence of the harm of sitting. Not only is it making you fatter, it might also be making you dumber. Sabine Schaefer, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Germany, recently looked at the effect of walking on working memory. Your mother may have warned you not to walk and chew gum at the same time, but when Schaefer compared the performance of both children and young adults on a standard test of working memory when they were sitting with when they were walking, her results contradicted mom's advice.
Why didn't walking at "fixed speed" have the same effect on working memory as walking at the subjects' preferred pace? 30 Sentences that Can Brighten Your Day. It’s far too easy to get lost in this lousy world.
We always need reminders to get us back on track and moving forward. You don’t need an expensive life coach to empower you, sometimes one or two sentences are already enough to brighten your day and help you to spring forward to take on the challenges that will come during the day. We have 30 inspiring sentences that can empower and motivate you to look ahead.
Click on the image to download wallpaper sized images! #1 Never compare your weaknesses to other people’s strengths. #2 Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. . #3 Your childhood may not have been perfect, but it’s over. #4 Own your life, or someone will own it for you #5 We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.