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Screen time linked to lower brain development in preschoolers
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Screen time use by infants, toddlers and preschoolers has exploded over the last decade, concerning experts about the impact of television, tablets and smartphones on these critical years of rapid brain development. Read full article: Fox2now.com, “Screen time linked to lower brain development in preschoolers”
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The Importance of Doing Nothing: Art of Relaxation
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A visit to Italy will soon have you embracing the concept of dolce far niente or “sweetness of doing nothing.” It does not mean being lazy; instead, it’s the idea of finding pleasure in idleness or relaxation. It is the ability to savor an experience, relishing the feeling of wholeness as it fills what is empty. This…
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LEARN LIKE AN ATHLETE
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Similar to how LeBron structures his training to win NBA championships, knowledge workers should train to build skills, complete projects, and increase their productive power. Armed with an effective system, we’ll learn faster and have more fun doing it. Read full article, David Perell, “Learn Like An Athlete.”
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This Is Your Brain on Silence
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As it turned out, even though all the sounds had short-term neurological effects, not one of them had a lasting impact. Yet to her great surprise, Kirste found that two hours of silence per day prompted cell development in the hippocampus, the brain region related to the formation of memory, involving the senses. This was…
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Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain
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The point isn’t to get you off the internet, or even off social media — you’re still allowed to use Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms on a desktop or laptop, and there’s no hard-and-fast time limit. It’s simply about unhooking your brain from the harmful routines it has adopted around this particular device, and…
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Let Children Get Bored Again
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Boredom teaches us that life isn’t a parade of amusements. More important, it spawns creativity and self-sufficiency. Read full article: The New York Times, “Let Children Get Bored Again”
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Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.
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The body’s microbial community may influence the brain and behavior, perhaps even playing a role in dementia, autism and other disorders. Read full article: The New York Times, “Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They’re Saying.”
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The Single Most Important Thinking Skill Nobody Taught You
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“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” George Bernard Shaw said that. And Einstein also said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” Life is neither static nor unchanging, it’s fluid. Nothing stays the same. Elastic thinking (experts may call it cognitive flexibility) allows us to shift gears and think about something…
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Falling for Sleep
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In Evelyn De Morgan’s numinous painting, Night and Sleep (1878), Nyx, the mighty Greek goddess of night, hovers across a dusky sky with her beloved son Hypnos, the sweet-natured god of sleep. The painting and the Greek gods it captures depict a radically different way of understanding and relating to sleep. In antiquity sleep was personified, transcendent, even romantic.…
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Kids Can Eat Free if Parents Don’t Use Their Phones at This Restaurant
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Parents who give up their phones during dinner will be rewarded with free meals for their kids at one U.K.-based restaurant chain. For the first week of December, Frankie & Benny’s is running its “no-phone zone” campaign in an attempt to improve family interactions at the dinner table. Read full article: Fatherly, “Kids Can Eat Free…