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Details: Written by: Amy Reichelt

Why We're Capable Of Infinite Memory
One of the critical functions of the brain is to encode and store information, which becomes our memories.

Details: Written by: University of Missouri

Here Are The 3 New Ways To Classify Arrogance
Researchers have created a new way to classify arrogance on different levels across a spectrum.

Details: Written by: Sonia Fernandez

Why Some Psychic Tests Are Not Very Good
Asking people to answer a question quickly and without thinking doesn’t get honest responses, especially if the quick response isn’t the most socially desirable, research finds.

Details: Written by: Sarah Stein Lubrano

How I Learned To Make Distraction Work For Me
Even today, 20 years after my childhood diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), I am still keenly aware of how my attention wavers, lapses or holds differently from that of most people.

Details: Written by: Dr. Sandi Mann

Why So Many Of Us Become Imposters: The Role Of Society
What is the role of society and what are the psychological reasons that are likely to make some people prone to feeling fake or phony? Understanding these factors will help you to recognize why you may have developed your own feelings of imposterism and to appreciate that this is not your fault; it is not a weakness or failing to have Imposter Syndrome.

Details: Written by: Darren Cockburn

Everything Is Connected and Forms
Everything is connected to form The Process. You can prove this for yourself with some simple examples. I’m assuming you’re dressed right now as you read this book. Look at the clothes you’re wearing. How did they get there? Probably because you dressed yourself earlier in the day. Getting dressed was a process.

Details: Written by: Rita McGrath

Here's how to best position yourself for taking advantage of the unexpected.

Details: Written by: Eloise Stark

How I Learned To Stop Trying To Fit In
My name is Eloise and I am many things at once: I am a graduate student at the University of Oxford; I am a tutor, a rower, a feminist, a granddaughter, a daughter, a sister, a stepsister, a friend. I am also autistic.

Details: Written by: Carrie Spector

These Beliefs About Learning Are Holding You Back
If you think you just don’t have the brain for certain skills, you’re deceiving yourself, a new book argues. This belief undermines your ability to learn—whether it’s math, basketball, or playing the clarinet.

Details: Written by: Louise Remond

What is wrong with me? I'm never happy and I hate school
Everyone experiences down days at times. Feeling flat is a normal reaction to something upsetting happening, tiredness or just being stuck in a rut.

Details: Written by: Jared Wadley

Isolation May Follow When Older Adults Stop Driving
When driving themselves is no longer an option, older adults may feel the short- and long-term effects of isolation, a new study shows.

Details: Written by: Luke Zaphir

Just What Is The Point Of Education?
For much of human history, education has served an important purpose, ensuring we have the tools to survive. People need jobs to eat and to have jobs, they need to learn how to work.

Details: Written by: Penny Pexman and David Sidhu

There has always been an interest in how the name of a thing affects our interpretation of it.

Details: Written by: Lauren Walker

Tap Into Your Own Magic: Where You Look Is Where You Go

At the end of the day we’re all looking for magic. This includes the ability to affect change, sometimes miraculous change, in our lives at will. Energy wants to move and flow, and once you start to listen to it and tune in, it will take you on amazing journeys.

Details: Written by: Neel Burton

The Hypersane Are Among Us, If Only We Are Prepared To Look
Hypersanity’ is not a common or accepted term. But neither did I make it up. I first came across the concept while training in psychiatry, in The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise (1967) by R D Laing.

Details: Written by: Chuck Finder

Lying is One of the Best Ways to Sabotage Yourself
Dishonesty diminishes a person’s ability to read others’ emotions, or “interpersonal cognition,” according to new research.

Details: Written by: Alan Seale

Shifting to Heart Intelligence: We Start With Just Three Questions
When we are in the throes of a “breaking open,” it can be hard to know where we are and what is happening. When the ground beneath our feet is shifting and everything around us seems to be changing, we may even feel like we no longer recognize the world around us. So a first step is to find some clarity about where we are now and “what wants to happen” next.

Details: Written by: Theresa Cheung

Our daily actions shape our lives. Repeat an action long enough and it becomes a habit, but habits lack meaning. To ensure meaningful change, our actions need to be filled with personal feeling and meaning. They need to be ritualized.

Details: Written by: Brittany Packnett

"Confidence is the necessary spark before everything that follows," says educator and activist Brittany Packnett. In an inspiring talk, she shares three ways to crack the code of confidence

Details: Written by: Michael Cotton, D.C.

Your Stone Age Brain Is Eating You Alive
Unlike the Paleolithic woman, the 21st-century human has a higher brain designed for transcendence. Newer areas of her brain, when awakened, can fill her with gratitude and awe and wonder at this marvelous world. However, her new brain is rarely if ever awake because the unconscious lower brain that is trying to unconsciously protect her from falsely perceived danger in her world, is eating her alive!

Details: Written by: Bert Gambini

Why Having Too Many Choices Makes Decisions Harder
People faced with more options than they can effectively consider want to make a good decision, but feel unable to do so, according to a new study.