(as with a slot machine or a positive interaction on social media), and checking for the reward is easy, the dopamine-triggering behavior becomes a habit. social media addiction involves broken reward pathways in our brains. so...
I used to be pretty anxious about my memory as a programmer and a student. Reframing my brain as a cache, not the source of truth, together with a small constellation of tools, helped me worry less. If you’ve got memory anxiety, maybe this can help you too. 🧠🧐 Brains are surp...
Where are my brains??? 3 Reply Marseille Reply to I'm just done 1 month ago My son also accused me when he was 25 (after 10 years of heavy drugs and alcohol addiction) of sexually abusing him! I will never forget the pain he caused me. I am detached and sometimes i HATE HIM...
but can’t help it and god damnit, it hurts, it hurts so much. “You’redead!I’m never going to see you again! I’m never going totalkto you again! You blew yourfucking brains out in your office and you didn’t even leave a note because you didn’t think...
Deep breathing lowers blood pressure, heart rate, and activity in the amydala, the part of our brains associated with fear. By extending your exhalations, you get these benefits and more, also increasing heart rate variability (HRV). HRV measures vagal activity and is a proxy for gen...
Research has shown that our brains process information that is fresh in our brains while we sleep. By shortly (this means very quickly—just a glance at what you are working on at the moment) going over some exercise, reading, etc. before you go to sleep, your brain will work away on...
The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools. —Anna Quindlen ...
He is going to give a talk about “How to Train Your Mind” in the school hall at 2:00 pm.He will not only show us how our brains work, but also provide students with some useful and possible ways to train our brains. Please come to the Students’ Union to g...
We need to rediscover the value of sleep and appreciate the benefits it brings to our brains. Time spent sleeping is an essential investment towards being smarter, making better decisions, and leading a happier life. So get snoozing.Jakke Tamminen is a Lecturer and the Royal Holloway Hospital,...
So it is with our brains. In our virtual world, the digital template that is our brain is incapable of doing anything in the “simulation” that it isn’t designed to do. The digital simulation that is the RLL must follow the rules of RLL physics much the way a “physics engine” pro...