An “N-back test” requires players to remember the location of a symbol presented just before (1-back), the time before last (2-back), the time before that (3-back) and so on. Researchers tested groups of children and adults who played different types of N-back test games. The studies suggest that playing games like this may actually make [...]
For 15 years, Joseph has been helping people lose weight. Most of the time, he says, they do just that, sticking to his clinic’s program and dropping excess pounds. But then, almost without exception, the weight begins to creep back. In a matter of months or years, the entire effort has come undone, and the [...]
Sometimes even a healthy brain doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to. At last night’s Republican debate, Governor Perry of Texas said that he wanted to get rid of three government agencies. He began to list them but could not remember the third one. It was very embarrassing for him. When this happens, we call [...]
Decision fatigue (getting tired) helps explain why people get angry at friends and family, spend too much on clothes, and buy junk food at the supermarket. No matter how smart we try to be, we cannot make decision after decision without paying a mental price. This different from having a tired body, it means that [...]
Listen with care. Make sure you understand everything the person is saying. Write it down. Make a list and put it on your calendar. Writing helps you remember. Use mind pictures. Make pictures in your mind of what the person is saying. Put things in the same place. Put your keys and eye glasses in [...]
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