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Studies of napping have shown improvement in cognitive function creative thinking and memory performance. Ready set . . . snooze. 
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20% of the workforce is already at sub-optimal productivity in the current 9-5 model. What if we created several work schedules, based on the chronotypes of employees? We might gain more productivity and greater quality of life for those employees that are otherwise doomed to carry a permanent sleep debt.
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Today is the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur . Although it is often called the “holiest day of the Jewish year,” what is notable about Yom Kippur is not the fact that it is particularly...
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"All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work." (Thomas Watson, IBM)
The posts for this topic are related to thinking and information on brain research. The items posted are frequently directly related to one of my most popular management training programs -- Thinking Clearly and Analytically.
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On The Rewards Of Delving Into The Medieval Mind
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Your brain is something that should be nourished and trained, just like your muscles.
James Schreier's insight:
This is a reason our "Thinking Clearly and Analytically" training program has been one of our most successful, and best reviewed, programs. It's tough -- just like physical exercise can be -- but the practice, practice, practice is great for exercising thinking skills.
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What are your employees talking about today? Can you use that discussion to exercise improving critical thinking skills? The result may surprise you!
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Has social media made us more gullible? Do we believe everything we read now just because it was posted by someone we trust?
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Good article and good links to other interesting stories.
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The surprising science of workplace temperature.
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On a daily basis, I interact with individuals, trainers, professors, and students who have been exposed to various critical thinking training programs and have experienced nothing less than frustration.
James Schreier's insight:
There is a reason that one of my most popular management training programs is "Thinking Clearly and Analytically." http://bit.ly/12hUoA7
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As we get older, our brains’ abilities change. Though scientists can predict many of these age-related trends, Lumosity scientists also wanted to know how practice and hard work could change individual performance despite predicted age generalizations.
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Strategic thinking doesn't find itself. It needs timeabout 30 to 90 minutesand space. LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner shows us why.
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Emphasizing "taking time to think!"
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It's All in Your Head: Gaming and the Brain
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Apply the learnings from neuroscience to your customer service strategies. Use the BRAIN acronym to remind yourself (and others on your team) about the impact you can have when you help people bri...
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If you’re a fan of optical illusions and perceptual tricks, check out this AsapSCIENCE video. As usual, producers Michael Moffitt and Gregory Brown do a great job distilling the essential ideas...
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Outstanding -- with some excellent links to more.
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In this study we explore the relationship between attractiveness and risk taking in chess. We examine whether people use riskier strategies when playing with at
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What does it take to win a musical competition — having a performance that hits all the right notes or having the best stage presence?
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If you're relentlessly sunny, you relegate others to the role of realist.
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This is interesting -- unfortunately it's based too much on a poor understanding of what optimism really means.
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Andrea Kay at work: Bad logic, desperation have no place in job hunt
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Interesting take on a logical argument
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The resting brain is actually pretty busy, with nerve cells firing nearly as often as they do in a waking state. One common explanation for this activity holds that during sleep neural circuits...
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The Decline of Critical Thinking As troubling as this apparently perennial problem of ignorance is, it is equally frustrating to listen to repeated schemes to teach critical thinking through the public schools. Of course, the habit of asking critical questions can be taught. However, if you do not have a knowledge base from which to consider a situation, it is hard think critically about it.
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Training with Lumosity can enhance cognitive function and change the way the brain processes math, according to a study published this week in the journal Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.
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"Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience" (Basic Books, June 2013), by psychiatrist and AEI scholar Sally Satel and Emory Universit
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UPI.com Exercise changes brain to be more resilient to stress UPI.com Senior author Elizabeth Gould of Princeton University said members of her laboratory pinpointed brain cells and regions important to anxiety regulation that might help scientists...
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