You have the potential to Super-Age: Can you do it?
You may occasionally see a healthy 90- or 100-year-old with exceptional memory and cognitive skills. They are sharp, they can calculate mentally, they can solve …
Why Variation in Practice & Learning improves skills dramatically
In any learning context, practice is important to improve learning. Whether you are learning a holistic skill like photoshop and music, or studying for an …
4-Step Process to improve your Raw Observation Power (no tricks)
Memory and observation can feel like a superpower. Someone like Sheldon Cooper from the big bang theory or a genius like Zack Addy from Bones …
Why & How Video Games Improve Cognition
There really is no intuitive reason to assume that a cognitively engaging activity can harm your cognition. After all, video games fully engage attention and …
You can actually use Stress to Improve Memory and Learning
Highlights Temporary stress improves attention, makes us efficient, improves memory for relevant details, and makes us “faster” – in short, better learners. Moderate stress before …
Memes are advanced emotions and outsourced thought patterns + they protecc (the psychology of memes)
When you imagine a meme, many of you might imagine a funny image with text related to a moment in the universe with some clear …
Do we make good decisions after a meal? Some food for thought, literally!
Imagine you’ve had the most epic food. You are now satisfied. But you have to get back to work and make decisions. Will they be …
Don’t forget your Prospective Memory, here’s how to build it
When we think of memory, we usually think of “retrospective” memory which is the memory of past events/facts, or “working” memory which is the memory …
Losing focus? Try distractions, multitasking, music, & breaks
The number one assumed threat to focusing at work is distractions. But getting rid of distractions isn’t enough for focusing. Some people can concentrate without …
7 Bad Study Habits Students Need To Ditch ASAP
Instead of focusing on the most productive study habits, students can improve their grades and learning quality just by getting rid of their bad study …
Basic Concepts About Concept Formation: Theory + Key Terms
How well do you know what a pizza is? Round, saucy, cheesy, comes in a box, served in triangles, right? Now do you know what …
Metacognition & Metamemory Explained: Awareness, Reflection, Learning, and Mental health
If you’ve ever thought about why you made certain decisions in the past, you’ve engaged in metacognition. Metacognition, commonly called “thinking about thinking,” is a …
9 Reasons why you Should Learn a New Skill even if you don’t need it!
There often comes a time when you can ask the question- ‘why am I learning this? It has no use for me.’ Even though learning …
Sensation Seeking: What it is + How it affects you
Sensation seeking is the tendency to seek high-intensity experiences and novelty. Sensation seekers typically want bold, complex, varied, and dramatic experiences as opposed to mild, …
What is Brain Fog & Mental Fatigue? How to get rid of it?
If you’ve ever experienced a lot of mental fuzziness, daylong drowsiness, and lack of clarity in thinking, you may have brain fog. It can be …
How to be an Expert at Anything: 3 Secrets + 3 Solutions
If you are here, you are probably an expert at something or trying to be one. You may have heard that it takes 10,000 hours …