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For Friendship
Read more: For FriendshipAn essay from the Wilson Quarterly (via aldaily.com): [W]e live now in a climate in which friends appear dispensable. While most of us wouldn’t last long outside the intricate web of interdependence that supplies all our physical needs—imagine no electricity, money, or sewers—we’ve come to demand of ourselves truly radical levels of emotional self-sufficiency…
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Brains Like Meditation
Read more: Brains Like MeditationScienceDaily: Integrative body-mind training (IBMT) meditation found to boost brain connectivity Just 11 hours of learning a meditation technique induces positive structural changes in brain connectivity by boosting efficiency in a part of the brain that helps a person regulate behavior in accordance with their goals, researchers report…
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Life, Unplugged
Read more: Life, UnpluggedNYT’s Unplugged Challenge–series of articles and video from participants. The latest article profiles research into how plugged-in life affects attention: Echoing other researchers, Mr. Strayer says that understanding how attention works could help in the treatment of a host of maladies, like attention deficit disorder, schizophrenia and depression. And he says that on a day-to-day basis, too much…
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The Fragility of Memory
Read more: The Fragility of MemorySet aside some time if you want to take in this massive Slate article. Lots of embedded video, including this, the Skinner Box at work: UPDATE: The Slate article seems to have disappeared. Here’s a Wiki page about the Skinner Box instead.
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The Psychology of Power
Read more: The Psychology of PowerJonah Lehrer looks at the “paradox of power” in the WSJ. Contrary to the Machiavellian cliché, nice people are more likely to rise to power. Then something strange happens: Authority atrophies the very talents that got them there.