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fromOpen Culture
2 months ago

How to Read Books That Challenge Your Mind: Advice from Robert Greene, Author of The 48 Laws of Power

You want to train yourself to finish books, and not constantly be going from one to another to another. When I read a book that I hate, that is boring, and I make myself read all the way through, I kind of take angry notes about it: God, this is ridiculous, this is so stupid, I hate this, this guy doesn't know what he're talking about. You can react to the book, you can have a dialogue with it, but you want to be able to have the patience to get through a 400-500, 600-page book.
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fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Meet the New England Aquarium's viral seal and his rubber duckie pal

A harbor seal named Reggae at the New England Aquarium became viral by interacting with a rubber duck, demonstrating harbor seals' intelligence and curiosity through cognitive enrichment activities.
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fromSocial Media Explorer
11 months ago

The Neuroplasticity Revolution: Why Your Brain's Ability to Rewire Itself Changes Everything About Human Potential - Social Media Explorer

Neuroplasticity demonstrates that the adult brain is adaptable and can form new connections, enhancing cognitive functions throughout life.
Psychology
fromSocial Media Explorer
11 months ago

The Neuroplasticity Revolution: Why Your Brain's Ability to Rewire Itself Changes Everything About Human Potential - Social Media Explorer

Neuroplasticity demonstrates that the adult brain is adaptable and can form new connections, enhancing cognitive functions throughout life.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

A brain-training game that takes less than 2 hours a week can reduce your risk of developing dementia by 25%, study finds

Regular online speed training ('Double Decision') reduced dementia risk by about 25% among adults aged 65+ over 20 years.
Science
fromPsychology Today
4 months ago

What Can Gaming Do for Our Intelligence?

Effective intelligence — attention, working memory, decision-making, and learning speed — is trainable through experience and interventions such as gaming, leveraging neuroplasticity.
fromHarvard Business Review
4 months ago

How to Strengthen Your Focus When Demands Never Let Up

Welcome to HBR On Leadership. These episodes are case studies and conversations with the world's top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. I'm HBR senior editor and producer Amanda Kersey. As a leader, noticing where your attention goes is a skill that affects your judgment, learning, listening-basically every aspect of how you think and show up.
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Television
fromPsychology Today
6 months ago

Why Some Real Mensans Enjoy "Real Housewives"

Strategy-heavy entertainment like RHOC appeals to high-IQ individuals by offering opportunities to study and sharpen strategic, persuasive, and alliance-building skills.
fromESPN.com
6 months ago

How the Kraken's Joey Daccord uses VR for goalie excellence

"I was like, 'I feel like I've been standing still for 2½ hours already. I need to see some pucks,'" he recalled.
National Hockey League
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fromwww.npr.org
7 months ago

Mental exercise can reverse a brain change linked to aging, study finds

Rigorous daily cognitive training for 10 weeks increased acetylcholine by 2.3% in an attention-memory brain region, reversing about a decade of normal age-related decline.
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