Thomas Ramey Watson

education

Want A Healthy Brain? Better Avoid These 7 Habits

Why are some people sharp as a tack at 95 years old, while others begin struggling with mental clarity in their 50s? A lot of it has to do with genetics, but certain lifestyle factors also play an important role in how our brain ages. So while you can’t control your genes, you can take …

Want A Healthy Brain? Better Avoid These 7 Habits Read More »

This Professor Says Learning To Be Happy Is ‘No Different Than Learning The Violin’ The Huffington Post | By Paige Lavender Email

Richard Davidson, professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, touted the importance of being mindful, especially in the workplace. “I think people in leadership positions are starting to understand the importance of [mindfulness practices],” Davidson told HuffPost Live at Davos. “The cost of burnout is enormous, the cost of employee turnover is …

This Professor Says Learning To Be Happy Is ‘No Different Than Learning The Violin’ The Huffington Post | By Paige Lavender Email Read More »

For more creativity, TRAVEL

“Foreign experiences increase both cognitive flexibility and depth and integrativeness of thought, the ability to make deep connections between disparate forms,” says Adam Galinsky, a professor at Columbia Business School and the author of numerous studies on the connection between creativity and international travel. Cognitive flexibility is the mind’s ability to jump between different ideas, …

For more creativity, TRAVEL Read More »

Why Reading On A Screen Is Bad For Critical Thinking

A related distinction is between what’s called deep reading (that time-consuming process involving reasoning skills and reflection) and hyper reading (a term developed in the late 1990s). In How We Think, Katherine Hayles defines hyper reading as “a strategic response to an information-intensive environment, aiming to conserve attention by quickly identifying relevant information, so that …

Why Reading On A Screen Is Bad For Critical Thinking Read More »