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Ah, Wilderness! Nature Hike Could Unlock Your Imagination
NPR: Want to be more creative? Drop that iPad and head to the great outdoors. That’s the word from David Strayer, a cognitive neuroscientist who studies multitasking at the University of Utah. He knew that Visit Page
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On Facebook, Bad With the Good
The New York Times: Like many women these days, Aran Hissam, 35, of Melbourne, Fla., posted the news that she was pregnant on Facebook. On the morning of an ultrasound last year, she debated on Visit Page
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Getting the Cold Shoulder
The New York Times: In “Jealous Guy,” John Lennon described his heart-aching insecurity as “shivering inside.” In “The Rain Song,” Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant bemoaned, “I’ve felt the coldness of my winter.” And in “It Visit Page
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The Mind’s Compartments Create Conflicting Beliefs
Scientific American: If you have pondered how intelligent and educated people can, in the face of overwhelming contradictory evidence, believe that evolution is a myth, that global warming is a hoax, that vaccines cause autism Visit Page
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Is Depression an Emotional Mush?
The Huffington Post: I have a vivid memory of dropping my oldest son off at college, the first day of his freshman year, many years ago. He stood outside his dorm, waving as I drove Visit Page
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A Question for the Holiday Season: Who among Us Identifies with All of Humanity?
Scientific American: The holiday season is a time of giving and receiving, reflection on what is and what could be—and perhaps more than a little guilt. We all want to promote world peace and live Visit Page