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Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week? - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
Each of the two groups exercised three times a week. After two weeks, both groups showed almost identical increases in their endurance (as measured in a stationary bicycle time trial), even though the one group had exercised for six to nine minutes per week, and the other about five hours. Additionally, molecular changes that signal increased fitness were evident equally in both groups.
Creative minds: the links between mental illness and creativity - Features, Health & Wellbeing - The Independent
At first glance, Einstein, Salvador Dali, Tony Hancock, and Beach Boy Brian Wilson would seem to have little in common. Their areas of physics, modern art, comedy, and rock music, are light years apart. So what, if anything, could possibly link minds that gave the world the theory of relativity, great surreal art, iconic comedy, and songs about surfing?
According to new research, psychosis could be the answer
The Cult of Done Manifesto
"13. Done is the engine of more." I couldn't agree, well, more. via http://twitter.com/CogDog
Born believers: How your brain creates God - science-in-society - 04 February 2009 - New Scientist
That's not to say that the human brain has a "god module" in the same way that it has a language module that evolved specifically for acquiring language. Rather, some of the unique cognitive capacities that have made us so successful as a species also work together to create a tendency for supernatural thinking. "There's now a lot of evidence that some of the foundations for our religious beliefs are hard-wired," says Bloom.
Bill Moyers Journal: Parker Palmer
"...people sometimes say depression is like being lost in the dark. My experience is it's more like becoming the dark. You don't have a sense of self any longer with which you can stand back and say, "Oh, I have this disease and it, too, will pass."
The voice of depression takes over. And all you can hear is the darkness which is you. And I think what you learn at that point is a couple things. One is there's huge virtue in simply getting out of bed in the morning, by which I mean learning to value the fact that you can take one step at a time.
The second thing you learn is that you need other people. You don't need their advice. You don't need their fixes and saves. But you need their presence."
Everything is amazing, nobody is happy...
Louis CK explains why we're all spoiled... including, but not limited to, our expectations of technology
Can Experiences be Passed On to Offspring?
"Mothers who receive mental training before they become pregnant can pass on its cognitive benefits to their young, Tufts University School of Medicine researchers have found." via @sleslie
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