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Highlighting Is a Waste of Time: The Best and Worst Learning Techniques
TIME: In a world as fast-changing and full of information as our own, every one of us — from schoolchildren to college students to working adults — needs to know how to learn well. Yet
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How to banish earworms from your brain
NBC: Although it seems maddeningly impossible, new research suggests we really can get rid of that nagging tune that endlessly plays over and over again in our head. For those of you who had Carly
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Amnesia and the Self That Remains When Memory Is Lost
The Atlantic: Tom was one of those people we all have in our lives — someone to go out to lunch with in a large group, but not someone I ever spent time with one-on-one.
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The Science Behind Persuading People
The Wall Street Journal: One of the most crucial skills to improving your career in the new year may be the ability to persuade people to see things your way. Social norms can play an
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What A Former FBI Hostage Negotiator Can Teach Us About The Fiscal Cliff
NPR: The tortuous negotiations involved in the “fiscal cliff” talks are like a chess game. To shed some light on the kinds of negotiation techniques that members of Congress might be using during the talks
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Many not making New Year’s resolutions
The Boston Globe: This year, Chifuku Kuwahara, an aspiring artist from Roxbury, is making a New Year’s resolution he knows he’s going to keep: He’s vowing to make no resolutions. “There’s this cultural idea that
