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09/23/2013

Vaughan Bell: hypnosis is no laughing matter
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jul/22/hypnosis-revival-neuroscience-vaughan-bell

09/20/2013

Brain sets prices with emotional value
http://www.psypost.org/2013/07/brain-sets-prices-with-emotional-value-18853

09/18/2013

Why Time Slows Down When We’re Afraid, Speeds Up as We Age, and Gets Warped on Vacation
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/07/15/time-warped-claudia-hammond/

09/16/2013

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming: Do They Work for the Treatment of Anxiety? | Dr. Shenfield and Associates
http://psy-ed.com/wpblog/cbt-hypnosis-nlp-for-anxiety/

08/30/2013

Our brains are powerful but our imagination is the most powerful part of our brain.
Thinking About Doing Something is Pretty Much the Same as Doing It [Video] | Geekosystem
http://www.geekosystem.com/power-of-thought/

Ready for a strange and uncomfortable fact to start your Friday morning? Sure you are, and here it is, courtesy of the fine cartoonists and deep thinkers over at AsapSCIENCE: when you think deeply about a thing -- seeing the letter 'B,' for example, or fixing a sandwich -- the same parts of your bra...

08/23/2013

Stress really is about your perspective. This article addresses the fact that events only have the meaning you give them.
How To Stop Stressing Yourself Out
http://www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2013/06/12/stressed-out-turn-stress-to-your-advantage/

It’s therefore important not to buy into the notion that stress is your enemy and something to be avoided. Rather, think of stress as a valuable force of life that can be very constructive or destructive depending on how you manage it. Managed well, stress can be leveraged so that it will improve, r...

08/22/2013

Excellent article about how metaphors are integral to our understanding of language. if your messages are devoid of metaphors you are making it hard for people to understand you.
The Magic of Metaphor: What Children’s Minds Teach Us about the Evolution of the Imagination
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/19/james-geary-i-is-an-other-children-metaphor/

"Metaphorical thinking … is essential to how we communicate, learn, discover, and invent." "Children help us to mediate between the ide

06/21/2013

It is amazing what can be accomplished by working with our brains instead of against them. The Unconscious Mind at Work
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-bursley/neuroscience-and-consciousness_b_3468999.html

What if distractions are actually an important part of one's job performance, productivity and creativity, perhaps even more important than evenings of overtime spent beating one's head against yet another intractable problem?

06/21/2013

Our mind and body are linked. FLASHBACK: Think twice: How the gut's "second brain" influences mood and well-being
http://www.sott.net/article/262951-Think-twice-How-the-guts-second-brain-influences-mood-and-well-being

The emerging and surprising view of how the enteric nervous system in our bellies goes far beyond just processing the food we eat. As Olympians go for the gold in Vancouver, even the steeliest are likely to experience that familiar feeling of "butterf...

06/21/2013

Sometimes productivity is counter intuitive. Why You Need To Unplug Every 90 Minutes
http://www.fastcompany.com/3013188/unplug/why-you-need-to-unplug-every-90-minutes

You're an organism. And organisms run in cycles. Here's how to work with yours.

06/20/2013

I thought I enjoyed reading so much because of the lack of commercials. It turns out there is another reason. The Case for Preserving the Pleasure of Deep Reading
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/06/the-case-for-preserving-the-pleasure-of-deep-reading/

The deep reading of books and the information-driven reading we do on the web are very different, both in the experience they produce and in the capacities they develop. Recent research has demonstrated that deep reading—slow, immersive, rich in sensory detail and emotional and moral complexity—is a...