Thinking of elegance as graceful, tasteful, of refined luxury, is useless here. So what does elegance mean in the context of science? Economy is a considerable part of it, creativity too. An elegant mathematical proof, an elegant theory, or an [...]
The fields of psychology and cognitive neuroscience have had some rough sledding in recent years. The bumps have come from high-profile fraudsters, concerns about findings that can’t be replicated, and criticism from within the scientific ranks about shoddy statistics. A new study adds to [...]
Today, the DSM is widely referred to as the "bible" of psychiatry — but not everyone is a believer. The book has undergone four major revisions since first being published in 1952, with each one drawing varying degrees of criticism. [...]
As a composer who studied music and mathematics, I have always found numbers, structure, and science accessible touch-points. But something more interesting evolved over the past several years as I returned to the Hungarian psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s work on “flow.” [...]
Here's a secret. Much of what you've read about self-help is wrong. Recent scientific research has debunked a majority of the accepted mantras and techniques around self-improvement – leaving the traditional self-help industry reeling. via Debunking Self-Help Myths.
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“Changing how you respond to stress and how you think about stressful situations is as important as maintaining a healthy diet and exercise routine."The results were based on data from 711 men and women between 25 and 74 who had [...]
We are living in an era where a lot of people are seeking comfort and solace from chemicals; it is a trend that is very supported in our culture. via Legal drugs might represent a quick fix but dependency proves [...]
A new article just published in the scholarly journal Current Sociology argues that neuroscience in general, and brain scan studies in particular, are often employed by non-scientists to make old ideas seem new again, with a weird power to short-circuit [...]
Stress is the key to understanding the association between depression and heart disease. Stress can lead to depression, and depression, in turn, can become stressful. The body's immune system fights stress as it would fight a disease or infection. In [...]