Vibration is not exercise per se — like doing pushups or going running — but it can be a good for the body and brain. Vibration exercise, in a physical sense, is a forced oscillation where energy is transferred from an actuator (the vibration device)
We’ve learned about the consequences associated with spending too much time indoors —looking at screens, in urban cities — so let’s examine the positive effects of nature on our psychological and emotional lives. We’ve already discovered the link between increased rates of mental illness
As the days lengthen and flowers bloom, the impressive majesty of nature takes center stage at last — summer is finally here. The phenomena of the collective physical world have inspired classic works of literature, iconic paintings, and famous symphonies. And it’s all less coincidental than you
As unique and diverse as all human beings across the globe may be, they all came to the world in the exact same way: a gradual progression from zygote to fetus to infant. And all of us grew in the womb of a female host — our mothers. The first and most primal of relationships is not only experienced
Scientists have been studying conformity since 1932, when Canadian anthropologist Diamond Jenness first began exploring the phenomenon. By 1951, psychologist Solomon Asch tested male college students and found that one-third of his sample would select an obviously wrong answer if their peer
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
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.”
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
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 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\
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
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
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
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.
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
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