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There are 2 strategies for the exchange of gifts. strategy is evaluating the gift for its practical value. strategy is evaluating the gift for its socially perceived / implied value. Lets say a few thousand years ago a hunter would receive a great new spear. Now he can hunt 10% more and is more likely [ READ MORE ]
Reading a book is good for your brain (left image) Surfing the Internet is much better for your brain (right image) As older people increase their cognitive abilities drastically by only surfing the internet for one week. All of us web-users are rewiring our brains improving abilities like multi-tasking, complex reasoning and decision-making[ READ MORE ]
Why do some people get really tired at night, when others are at their peak performance? The human brain has 2 ways of regulating the sleep-awake cycle. The first is by external influence mainly light we see. The other cycle is controlled by a chemical clock in our brains. This clock does not run exactly [ READ MORE ]
—————Table-of-Contents————— The Kolbe A Index NLP Meta Programs Mayers-Briggs Type indicator[ READ MORE ]
In an article from Psyblog it is very nicely explained that we have to believe everthing we are reading in order to be able to process it. In an ancient experiment (1993) 2 groups of people were shown a text about two criminals. They were told that everything in this text written red font was [ READ MORE ]
Learn to talk like a scientist: I strongly support the notion of dropping the “Talk like a pirate day” for the “Talk like a scientist” week. In order to get this idea started I compiled a list of some everyday expressions and their appropriate counterpart in more scientific terms. As I am not capable of [ READ MORE ]
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