Early philosophers did not recognize the origins of our sense of movement. Aristotle wrote that we have only five conscious senses: sight, touch, taste, hearing, and smell. But there was a reason why Aristotle may not have made room for the sense of movement, as unless we attend to our body
Despite the best efforts of teachers, students and parents, learning a new language is challenging, and at times can be frustrating or even traumatic. However, by applying a few basics of brain-based education — what neuroscience and educational psychology have taught us about the brain and
African Americans are better at sports. Asians are better at math. Though we outwardly seek and applaud diversity, stereotypes persist. “Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do” investigates the research of Dr. Claude Steele, a social psychologist, on stereotypes — and how, even in a society that
As identical twins, 19-month-old Sol and Luna share 100 percent of the same DNA. Both girls have soft oval faces, tufts of curly brown hair, slight noses, and large almond-shaped eyes. If Sol’s coat is taken off, Luna will notice, and she will eagerly mimic for hers to be removed. If one is dancing
Howard Gardner, a researcher at Harvard University, had a very different view of what amounts to intelligence. His studies of artistically gifted children and people suffering from brain injuries revealed a rich diversity of the ways in which the brain can excel. In his landmark
Throughout history, people have often turned to music as a means of releasing stress and tension that has been scientifically proven to adversely affect our overall well-being. That’s because the connection between and healing transcends time and space.
The ultraconnectivity of our modern society is causing a wholesale shift in the way we retain information in our heads. Where most of history has been a process of wielding tools to remember things for us (everything from scratches on papyrus to the PC), we’re entering an age where we don’t really have
When it comes to losing weight, some of the most common advice out there is “portion control,” at least when people aren’t trying to promote some combination of foods that will somehow set the process of weight loss in motion. There’s probably some good advice in all of these helpful hints, but they’re not always easy to
In “Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict,” psychology professor Ara Norenzayan explores how the great monotheistic and polytheistic faiths established themselves, and consequently how they’ve affected human behavior in societies throughout the world
Educators, parents, and innovators came together for a conference held by Arizona State University titled “Brain Education: Integrated Learning for the 21st Century” to celebrate humanity’s greatest asset — the human brain. The consensus was that the future of humankind depends on how well we understand and use our brains.
We might live in the Information Age — but this doesn’t necessarily mean we’ve become smarter. Instead, we end up finding ourselves bombarded daily with more information than the human brain can possibly hope to process. It’s just a matter of checking your iPhone to look things up, as if we no longer have to commit facts to memory
Is transgenderism a choice or a medical condition — and what does the neuroscience tell us? Some seem to believe that changing gender is a willful choice. In January 2019, the Supreme Court ruled 5–4 to allow then-President Donald Trump to curtail the military service of transgender individuals. President Joe Biden removed
In his dorky, ridiculously comical, and downright nerdy book, “Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks, and the Hidden Powers of the Mind,” Stone unravels not only his personal, and at times embarrassing, relationship with magic but also the history of magic itself. Covering everything from its roots and progression
In today’s modern, technologically advanced world, with e-mail and smartphones and Twitter and Facebook demanding all of our attention all of the time — even as we work, socialize and play — multitasking may seem like the only answer. But science cautions us to restrict multitasking
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