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• Different Meditation Practices Differently Buffer from Stress.

  A group at the University of Wisconsin lead by my colleague Richard Davidson looks a the effects of different styles of brief contemplative practices:... Read more

  The 15 january 2019 by   Deric Bownds
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• Does Meditation Provide the Only Way to Survive Our Brain-dissolving...

  Both the last chapter of Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" (abstracted in MindBlog here) and a recent Op-Ed piece by NYTimes tech columnist Farhad... Read more

  The 14 january 2019 by   Deric Bownds
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• 6 Modern POS Apps to Supercharge & Modernize Small Retail Businesses

  

  E-commerce continues to contribute and drive growth for economies around the globe. As consumers demand more options for satisfying a hunger for a more enjoyabl... Read more

  The 12 january 2019 by   Gaurav Tiwari
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• 3 Ways to Prepare for the MCAT

  

  The Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) is no joke. Completion of the standardized test is a necessity for anyone looking to enter medical school, and there... Read more

  The 12 january 2019 by   Gaurav Tiwari
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• The Illusion of Multitasking Improves Performance.

  From Srna et al.: With technological advancements, the desire, ability, and often necessity to multitask are pervasive. Although multitasking refers to the... Read more

  The 11 january 2019 by   Deric Bownds
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• Real World Demonstration of How Tribes Determine Opinions.

  From Satherley et al.: Real-world tests of the impact of partisan cues on voters are scarce because they require assessing how citizens’ attitudes changed towar... Read more

  The 10 january 2019 by   Deric Bownds
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• Pauling as Administrator: Becoming Division Chair

  

  [Ed Note: Over the past eleven years, one of the Pauling Blog’s areas of interest has been the exploration of different institutions with which Linus Pauling wa... Read more

  The 09 january 2019 by   Scarc
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• 7 Skills That Every Entrepreneur Must Have

  

  In order to succeed in the world of business, every entrepreneur will need a wide range of skills. This will help them to master the various challenges that... Read more

  The 09 january 2019 by   Gaurav Tiwari
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• People Use Less Information Than They Think to Make up Their Minds

  Klein and O'Brien (open access, ) note another of our psychological biases or shortcomings. We perform Manichean good or bad characterizations with much less... Read more

  The 09 january 2019 by   Deric Bownds
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• Stimulating Creativity with Alternating Current Transcranial Brain Stimulation

  So... the actual title of the article by Di Bernardi et al. is "Right temporal alpha oscillations as a neural mechanism for inhibiting obvious associations" -... Read more

  The 08 january 2019 by   Deric Bownds
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