Category: brain
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Mindfulness Meditation Changes The Brain
I practice mindfulness meditation and am especially fascinated by the research on how a practice such as this changes the brain. If you want to learn more (including a lesson about the science and the research), we’ve created a Mindfulness Meditation online video course and it’s free. You can take it either at our training…
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iPhone X? Yes or No? It Might Come Down To Which Part Of Your Brain Is Active.
This week Apple announced the iPhone X. Some of you have decided you are definitely NOT going to buy it, others have decided you definitely are, and others are on the fence. Whether you go for it or not at least partially depends on whether you are making a habit-based decision or a value based…
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Heuristics: The Unsung Heroes Of How People Think
We talk a lot about “cognitive biases” — the tendencies we have to think and act in ways that are not always logical, and not always accurate, but we forget that many of these brain shortcuts are very adaptive and very successful. In this podcast episode we dive into the positive side — Heuristics. What…
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Learn About Brain and Behavioral Science
We’ve launched our new course curriculum in Brain and Behavioral Science! If you’re interested in learning more about why people are the way they are, why people do what they do, and how to work more effectively with people and communicate more clearly, then check out our new series of courses: You can take one…
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The Science of Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work (And What To Do About It)
How many New Year’s resolutions have you made in your life? How many have you successfully accomplished? The estimate is that less than 10% of New Year’s resolutions are actually achieved (University of Scranton Psychology Professor John C. Norcross, Ph.D.). There’s a lot of homespun folksy advice out there this time of year about how…
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Reading Is Weird
We are born with the capability to speak, but not the capability to read. In this HumanTech podcast we look at the research on how the brain “steals” resources in order to learn to read. HumanTech is a podcast at the intersection of humans, brain science, and technology. Your hosts Guthrie and Dr. Susan Weinschenk…
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Hack Your Brain, Part 2
This is Part 2 of two episodes of the HumanTech podcast where we explore how you (or others!) can hack your brain. Your brain is more flexible than you may think. That can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on who is trying to hack it! HumanTech is a podcast at the…
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Hack Your Brain, Part 1
Your brain is more flexible than you may think. That can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on who is trying to hack it! This is Part 1 of two episodes of the HumanTech podcast where we explore how you (or others!) can hack your brain. HumanTech is a podcast at the…
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The Brain’s Bonding Chemical: Oxytocin
What makes you feel connected to another person, a team, or even a pet? It’s oxytocin. In this HumanTech podcast episode we talk about the amazing brain chemical that makes you feel loving towards whatever you are with when it gets released. HumanTech is a podcast at the intersection of humans, brain science, and technology. Your…
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The Next 100 Things You Need To Know About People: #119 — Games Can Enhance Brain Flexibility
When my son was about six years old, we were shopping in Target. He saw a group of ten-to thirteen-year-olds playing video games on the demo machines, and was fascinated (video games were not part of his life at that time), so he stopped to watch. Not wanting him to get too interested, and also…
