Toward simple confusion
Check out this article that talks about how moving your eyes horizontally for 30s helps you commit something to memory.
Horizontal eye movements are thought to cause the two hemispheres of the brain to interact more with one another, and communication between brain hemispheres is important for retrieving certain types of memories.
It’s been a while. Right now I’m just cleaning up all these pesky windows I have open. Check out this article talking about how participating in a theatre group is better for ur brain than Brain Age, crossword puzzles, etc. The article says that theatre requires more focus and more conscientious and uninterrupted attention than these other activities.
This article talks about how a gene can activate the liver to repair itself.
This article abcnews talks about how to complain and win at it. It talks about how to complain about cell phones, airlines, and credit cards.
Bounds said that late fees are one of the easiest fees to waive, and consumers should always try to get rid of them.
“They’ll often take it off your bill if you just call and ask politely: ‘I was on vacation, I’m a good customer,’” Bounds said. “This has a good chance of working if you really are a good, reliable customer. This isn’t going to work if you do often pay your bill late. Just as with airlines, the better a customer you are, the more likely they’ll try to satisfy you.”
This article talks about how most teaching does not take into account the way we learn:
“Problem-solving places a great demand on working memory, so teachers are better off giving students solved problems so they have the learning to take home,†he said. “The reason is that the cognitive processes involved in learning and solving problems are different, so we need to cater to the way the brain works.”
“Everything we are aware of goes through working memory, which has a limited capacity of only three to four items of information that can be held for only three to four seconds without rehearsal,†he said. “Almost all information goes after 20 seconds, unless there is rehearsal.â€
On the list of bad learning methods is poor powerpoint presentations where the speaker regurgitates everything on the slide.
This article talks about how breast-feeding alone cuts HIV risk (assuming the mother can’t get canned food).
The research, funded by the UK’s Wellcome Trust, found that there was a 4% risk of postnatal transmission to infants who were just fed on breast milk between the age of six weeks and six months.
Infants who received formula milk or animal milk in addition to breast milk were nearly twice as likely to be infected as infants who received breast milk only.
And those given solids in addition to breast milk were almost 11 times more likely to acquire infection.
It is thought that this higher risk is due to the larger, more complex proteins found in solid foods which may lead to greater damage to the lining of the stomach, allowing the virus to pass through the gut wall.
and this article talks about how the hormone THP, which usually has a tranqulizing effect, causes anxiety during puberty.
They found that the target for the hormone, a specific receptor, is more prevalent in the part of the brain which regulates emotion during puberty.
This appears to reverse the normal calming effect.
and this article that talks generally about fitness, emotional well-being and aging.
From your body’s point of view, “normal†aging isn’t normal at all. It’s a choice you make by the way you live your life. The other choice is to tell your cells to grow—to build a strong, vibrant body and mind.