Unplugging For Brain Science

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Five neuroscientists are on a rafting trip in Utah… does this sound the beginning of a joke?  It’s not.  The New York Times published an interesting article on a group of neuroscientists who want to understand how our use of digital devices affects how we think and behave.  The neuroscientists were also trying to understand [...]

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Posted August 23, 2010 by Sharon Delman under Neuroscience, Odds and Ends

Technology – Brain’s Friend or Foe?

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Technology has been called out on the carpet in recent articles about contributing to the decline of our a number of brain functions. We need not be so fast to judge … we have many examples of technology’s value, too.

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Posted June 18, 2010 by Steven Aldrich under Neuroscience, Posit Science software, Research studies

A Great Cowboy Poem and What it Can Teach Us About Focus

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The poem “No Tool or Rope or Pail” got me thinking about the importance of focus. Try for a day to focus just on the task at hand. See how much more you can accomplish.

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Posted February 11, 2010 by Steven Aldrich under Odds and Ends