Optimizing Your Working Memory – Part I
Working memory is that part of the brain where you hold items in conscious attention. It’s the scratch-pad where you manipulate maps in conscious reasoning. It is a critical component of all kinds...
View ArticleMay I Have Your Attention Please
Most people I know are fairly responsible with their monetary situation. I suspect most of you reading this blog have somewhat reasonable control of your finances. And yet, there are other...
View ArticleUnconscious Decision Making
I grew up thinking my unconscious mind regulated my breathing and heart rate and other autonomic functions. I assumed that my thinking was done only at the conscious level. I was clearly wrong. One...
View ArticleThe Science of Fear – Part II
This is the second part of my article on The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn’t–and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger by Daniel Gardner. If you have not read Part I of this article,...
View ArticleCreativity and Novelty
Novelty is an important component in fostering creativity. Optical illusions work because of the perceptual shortcuts your brain has developed from past perceptual experience. This tendency of your...
View ArticleTips for Boosting Creativity and Problem Solving
These are scientific ways to boost your creativity and problem solving skills. They are all simple and based upon the results of controlled experiments. They may seem silly or strange, but they are...
View ArticleYour Brain On the Internet
“Contemplative Man, the fellow who came to understand the world sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, is a goner. He’s being succeeded by Flickering Man, the fellow who darts from link to...
View ArticleWorking Memory – Why It’s Important and How To Improve It
“Working memory is the cognitive function responsible for keeping information online, manipulating it, and using it in your thinking. It is the way that you delegate the things you encounter to the...
View ArticleOur Conscious Illusions
This article is rather long, but still will only take a few minutes to read. It is a small compilation of amazing phenomena that to me demonstrate how little we really know about what our conscious...
View ArticleGuitar Zero–A Review
This is a review of Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning. It comes from my reading of a copy of the book prior to its release date. My review on Amazon is the first one and...
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