Revolutionary thinking occurs when an existing paradigm, in a state of crisis, must be reinterpreted. Thinking cannot be deliberately revolutionised, progress must emerge from stability.
Trying to be happy could make you miserable, study finds. The study, carried out among students living in the UK, found those who said they valued happiness extremely highly tended to show greater signs of depression.
Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play. Researchers found that during the face-to-face sessions, the babies’ brains were synchronized with the adult’s brain in several areas known to be involved in high-level understanding of the world
Eating hot peppers at least four times per week was linked to 23% reduction all-cause mortality risk (n=22,811). This study fits with others in China (n= 487,375) and the US (n=16,179) showing that capsaicin, the component in peppers that makes them hot, may reduce risk of death.
The brain derives substantial benefits from both high intensity interval training and longer, continuous bouts of moderate exercise. Findings are based on multiple experiments involving people whose brains were monitored after a single bout of aerobic exercise
The Myelin Sheath Maintains the Spatiotemporal Fidelity of Action Potentials by Eliminating the Effect of Quantum Tunneling of Potassium Ions through the Closed Channels of the Neuronal Membrane
Made a pattern of some of my favorite plant Pokémon and got it printed on a piece of fabric. Today I finished my dress (Yes, it has pockets!) Might make another, what should I do next?
Library Socialism - Here is an interesting podcast about Library Socialism and the Canadian Pirate Party. I think they did a good job of both supporting the concept as well as demonstrating the short comings.
Some people get irritated if they do not get enough sleep but others seem to be quite resilient and show little effect. A new brain imaging study found that people with greater white-matter compactness tended to display a greater ability to sustain a positive mood during sleep deprivation.
The brain tunes itself to a point where it is as excitable as it can be without tipping into disorder, suggests a new study in rats. This criticality hypothesis asserts that the brain is poised on the fine line between quiescence and chaos. At exactly this line, information processing is maximized.