Feed Your Brain

Допустим, я немного перегнул палку в предисловии к посту, и ты действительно занятой человек, выделяющий по часу времени для любимого вида…

Love Makes You Dumb Bruce Springsteen got it right: Love makes us dumb. In his song "Crush on You" from The River album, he sings “my brain takes a vacation just to give my heart more room.” As I have discussed in a previous post, when we are in love, our single-minded obsession with our lovers can impair other aspects of our intellectual lives such as studying or working (van Steenbergen et al., 2014). Passionate love in particular is associated with reduced cognitive control—the ability to focus…

Consider the expression: “You’re cutting off your nose to spite your face.” What this proverb suggests is that we can harbor a (supposedly) abnormal tendency to engage in acts of self-sabotage blatantly contrary to our best interest. Yet that’s actually no more than half true. For in every instance, if we more closely examine different circumstances in which we display such “orneriness,” we’ll discover that there’s more than a single interest at play. So, for instance, say we’re enraged by another’s behavior…

“There’s a dose-response relationship: The more smoking kids see onscreen, the more likely they are to smoke,” said Dr. Stanton Glantz, a professor and director of the University of California, San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. He is one of the authors of a new study that found that popular movies are showing more tobacco useonscreen.

With Fall season comes football, and the annual concussion testing and education for all student-athletes and parents. Yet, common myths persist. Ask the average American how long does it take to recover from a concussion, and the answer will be anything but “it varies.” While new research points to revelations about diagnosis, recovery and long-term behavioral effects of concussions, as well as trailblazing science about recovering from concussions and traumatic brain injury, it’s surprising to see how many…

There’s no denying that this kind of behavior is on the rise. In the public domain, barely a day passes without newspapers splashing the story that a comment, tweet or email has caused an uproar. Demands are made for heads to roll, and responses range from retractions (‘I apologise unreservedly for my lack of judgement …’) to defiance (‘This is a ridiculous case of political correctness…’). And then the next story breaks. The converse situation is that we feel gripped by fear or anxiety and fail to seize the…

My breakfast changes each day, but generally it consists of a few different variations of three staple meals. I try to plan out my breakfasts at the beginning of the month so that I can grocery shop efficiently. I also try my best to buy local and organic whenever possible. And although I love pastries as much as the next person, I make a concerted effort to avoid anything with refined sugar—especially in the mornings. I am often asked about the benefits and risks of coffee for mental health. And my answer…