10 Weird Ways Your Brain Is Tricking You – Listverse
Our brain decides how we perceive everything around us. It informs our decisions, guiding us carefully through the fog that is the world around
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Groupthink
The brainstorming myth.
The New YorkerBrainstorming didn’t unleash the potential of the group, but rather made each individual less creative. Although the findings did nothing to hurt brainstorming’s popularity, numerous follow-up studies have come to the same conclusion. Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, has summarized the science: “Decades of research have consistently shown that brainstorming groups think of far fewer ideas than the same number of people who work alone and later pool their ideas.”
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer#ixzz1xdhNSrdC
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Toddler Brain Diagram
You have brains in your head, you have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.
Dr. Seuss (via andreaparty)
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Can You Catch Up on Lost Sleep?
Can You Catch Up on Lost Sleep?
You’ve given up your fair share of sleep—will you ever feel rested again?
Scientific AmericanI guessed correctly. I should never read the articles and just write what I think here to save time. My problem is the intensity of sleep. I rarely sleep more than 4-5 hours in a row, I wake at a pin drop and I don’t even know why I have a clock radio… oh yeah, it holds my iPod! 🙂
For recovery sleep, both the hours slept and the intensity of the sleep are important. Some of your most refreshing sleep occurs during deep sleep. Although such sleep’s true effects are still being studied, it is generally considered a restorative period for the brain. And when you sleep more hours, you allow your brain to spend more time in this rejuvenating period.