Stories

Emotions & Education: Enhancing Learning In The Classroom

May 4, 2021

When we think, remember, imagine and mentally rehearse interpersonal encounters, emotions dominate the contents and determine the directions that our thoughts will take. At any given moment, what we pay attention to and what we choose to ignore are driven by emotions. Memory gives us a personal past

Rewire Your Life: Looking Closely At Your Media Use

May 3, 2021

The U.S. leads the world in the amount of people regularly using the internet — yet, with all the information it brings into our lives, our media diet is typically pretty myopic. So says internet activist Ethan Zuckerman in his book, “Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection.”

You’re Fired! Your “Subordinate” Brain At Work

May 1, 2021

In our market-based economy, everyone has a boss. Most of us answer to a manager or supervisor, but even the CEO answers to shareholders. So the pressures of being judged for your work hardly vanish the further up the ladder you climb. And if you asked them, many business leaders would probably tell you they miss the

The Sweet Smell Of Marketing

April 29, 2021

Unlike our other senses, our sense of smell is closely linked to the brain’s centers for emotion, memory, and creativity, according to the Monell Chemical Senses Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that researches taste and smell. What this means is that when it comes to smell, we process it first with our emotional brain

Music For Better Health (Whether Listening Or Playing)

April 28, 2021

Music can have a powerful effect on your mood and emotions. It’s not unknown for some people to burst into tears at the sound of a particular song, when it’s connected with a strong memory. Fortunately, music has plenty of happier connotations for many people. We all know that music is used to raise the mood at parties and to\

Working Well: Managing Work Stress

April 27, 2021

Many studies have shown the ways work can affect our mental and physical health — anxiety, insomnia, high blood pressure, and a weakened immune system, to name a few. The damage is compounded by the detrimental ways we deal with stress, such as overeating, binging on unhealthy foods, along with

Finding The Rhythm Of The Universe Through Movement and Music

April 25, 2021

There are moments of transcendence during which you strike spiritual gold. Instantly and seemingly without cause, something shifts and you tap into an energy greater than your own. Time and space seem to suspend, your mental vantage point expands, everything makes sense

6 Tips For Reducing Stress And Anxiety In Your Life

April 24, 2021

We all get stressed and anxious from time to time. Some of us are able to handle it fairly easily, while others may find it a lot more difficult to manage our troubling emotions. However, there are ways to help reduce your stress and anxiety when you’re feeling overwhelmed. Repeated stressors and anxiety will affect your health if they are

Helping Children’s Literacy Is Possible Anywhere

April 23, 2021

This story is a vignette from the life of a dedicated friend who works in an international organization committed to children’s rights. We will call her Saraswati, after the Hindu goddess of knowledge and arts, believed to endow human beings with the powers of speech, wisdom, and learning.

Earth Management: A Dialogue on Ancient Korean Wisdom and Its Lessons for Today

April 22, 2021

The subject of today’s talk is “The Hongik Spirit and the Future of the Earth.” The subject is a big one, but I believe it won’t be too much for our two guests. They are already engaged in global activity in different fields, and it is my understanding that, when it comes to the value and importance

What Meditation Does To Your Brain

April 21, 2021

Anyone who has ever attempted to meditate can vouch for the fact that while it is theoretically simple, it is extremely challenging in practice. In fact, its simplicity is what makes it difficult, and it is also what makes it worthwhile. “Mindfulness meditation” (the practice most popular in the United States)

Cannabis Considered: 50 Shades of Mary Jane

April 20, 2021

Marijuana (cannabis) is one of the most controversial and politicized controlled substances in the United States. It has many names — Mary Jane, pot, ganja, sativa, etc. — and stories about it ranging from positive to negative, depending on whom you ask, abound. The tide, however, seems to be turning.

Making Real Change

April 19, 2021

One of the ways to assess the impact of human activities on this planet is what is known as the “ecological footprint.” In order to stand, I need land the size of my two feet; that’s my footprint. In order to lie down, I need land the size of my body flat on the ground. Likewise, all human activities, even the

God Is In The Details

April 18, 2021

Religion has long been a topic of philosophical discussion, but only relatively recently have neuroscientists begun to investigate faith and spirituality, too. Several different strands of research now indicate that there are specific parts of our brains that relate to belief in God

Conjuring At The Society Of Neuroscience

April 17, 2021

An annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience typically attracts over 20,000 neuroscientists from around the world to present their research — with such a large group of scientists, there’s bound to be some great work on almost anything a curious mind can imagine. While the presented projects can range in their aims from

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