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Why Our Children Should Be Taught to Meditate in School

Richard Schiffman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Cell Phones, Public Schools, Concentration, Meditation, Mindfulness, Learning, Classroom, Education News
Richard Schiffman

"Pay attention!" we tell the young. Yet we fail to give them the tools that they need in our increasingly distraction-filled world to calm and center their minds and get down to the business of learning.

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Being Smarter About IQ

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Memory, Concentration, Iq, Psychology, Brain, Learning, Frontal Lobes, Problem Solving, Fluid Intelligence, Executive Functions, College News
Roberta Michnick Golinkoff

Are we still debating whether IQ is fixed or whether it is malleable and can be pushed around? Are we still fighting the nature versus nurture battle? We thought this had been resolved ages ago. In fact, 30 years ago.

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What Is Twitter Doing To Teen Brains?

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Addiction, Concentration, Social Media, Twitter, Technology, Health, Texting, Social Media Addiction, Technology Addiction, Facebook, Mindfulness, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D.

Today's teens and college students are certainly using their skimming cells and connections... But what's the lose-it part of that equation for this technology-tethered generation?

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Quick Focus: 3 Fast Ways to Relaxed Concentration

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Stress, Concentration, Attention, Rest, Time, Visualization, Focus, Paradoxical Relaxation, Relaxed Concentration, Active Rest, Peace, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Matthew Edlund, M.D.

Here are three techniques to relaxed concentration that, through experience, can be done inside a minute.

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Can One Second Of Silence Change Your Life?

Michael Taft | Posted 09.29.2011

Read More: Concentration, Mindfulness, Active Listening, Healthy Living Health News, Listening, Healthy Living Mind, Learn to Listen, Learning to Listen, Healthy Living News
Michael Taft

Want to connect with people? Want to really understand where people are at and what's going on? Let some silence happen and make a practice of deep listening.

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The Study Drug Problem

Daniel Luzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drugs, Mental Health, College, Concentration, Stimulants, Adhd, Cheating, Ritalin, Anxiety, Wesleyan, Exams, College News
Daniel Luzer

Oh, Ritalin. Such an important part of college were you. Little and round and white, the source of, and solution to, so much anxiety during exam periods. And now colleges are cracking down.

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Balanced Life -- Why Something as Simple as a Knock on the Door Boosted My Happiness.

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Efficiency, Concentration, Knock, Work, Children, Home, Happiness, Family, Parenthood, Concentration Problems, Healthy Living News
Gretchen Rubin

Instead of thoughtlessly accepting a situation, I ask myself, "What's the problem? What's the problem?" and often by forcing myself to understand the exact nature of the problem, I identify a solution.

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Half a Billion Eggs, DeCoster, Factory Farms and Consolidation: The View From Iowa

Dave Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smithfield Foods, Factory Farming, Tyson Foods, Factory Farms, Salmonella, Usda, Concentration, Local Control, Egg Recall, Fda, Hillandale Farms, Habitual Violator, H.F. 519, Iowa, Consolidation, Wright County Eggs, Jack DeCoster, Food News
Dave Murphy

As massive food safety outbreaks become more common, everyday Americans are starting to take a closer look at what they eat and how it's made.

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De-Evolution and Indie Revolution: Conversations With Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh and OK Go's Damian Kulash, Plus Comic-Con Gets Loopz-y

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Idiocracy, Mark Mothersbaugh, Prince, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, A&M Records, The Sims, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Blue Man Group, OK Go, Mike Judge, Joan Baez, Ramona & Beezus, Sarah Palin, Rube Goldberg, Supertramp, Peter Rudge, Cyndi Lauper, Santigold, The World Cup, Journey, Elton John, Capitol Records, Babylon 5, Mtv, The Rugrats, Regular Show, Dell Computer, Mattel, The Rolling Stones, Joan Armatrading, Lost in Space, Hugh Downs, Sasquatch, Wal-Mart, Dawson's Creek, Crash Bandicoot, Devo, Notre Dame, The Carpenters, John Hill, The Grateful Dead, U2, Jay Leno, Warner Bros Records, Coldplay, Youtube, Randy Newman, Paul Reubens, Saturday Night Live, Cartoon Network, Concentration, Barnes & Barnes, Spike, Styx, Blue Mountain State, Billy Mumy, Damian Kulash, Bruce Springsteen, Teddybears, Loopz, Bonaroo, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

There is this cool little gizmo called a "Loopz" that creates sounds and beats depending on the user's physical interaction with it. An entity calling themselves The Loopz Band will be performing at Comic-Con.

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Do Men Really Have Shorter Attention Spans?

Real Simple | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Concentration, Estrogen, Gender Differences, Brain Chemistry, Relationships, Female Brain, Health, Male Attention Span, Attention Problems, Pregnancy, Menustration, Fatigue, Male Brain, Healthy Living News

He doesn't have a shorter attention span; women are just biologically wired to pay attention to different things than men are, says Kathleen Nadeau, P...

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Nicholas Carr On The Web And Writing

The New York Times | The NEW YORK TIMES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nicholas Carr, Concentration, Internet, Hyperlink, Reading, Books, Books News

What changes our brains is, on the one hand, repetition and, on the other hand, neglect. That's why I believe the Net is having such far-reaching inte...

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Men and Women Think Differently - This is Good

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gender Differences, Brain Training, Conflict Resolution, Business Communication, Communication, Gender, Stress, Concentration, Multitasking, Problem Solving, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Marcia Reynolds

Women multitask better than men. Men focus better than women. This affects how we process and communicate our ideas and plans.

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Balanced Life -- 11 Tips For Boosting Your Sense Of Quiet Focus

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Quiet, Concentration, Serenity, Multi-Tasking, Work, Focus, Happiness, Unitasking, Healthy Living News
Gretchen Rubin

Turns out that people aren't very good at thinking about two things at once. One study showed that when people were interrupted to respond to email or IM, it took fifteen minutes to resume a serious mental task.

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How To Pray

James M. Lynch | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Concentration, Meditation, Dalai Lama, Prayer, Meditation Practice, Praying, Transcendence, Healthy Living News
James M. Lynch

Whatever your religious belief/non belief, practice or stance we all try to achieve a moment of silence or peaceful meditation at one time or another....

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Sleepless In Seattle? The Effects Of Sleep Deprivation

Gayatri Devi, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Concentration, Depression, Sleeplessness, Judgment, Weight Gain, Insomnia, Memory, Obesity, Sleep Deprivation, Anxiety, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Gayatri Devi, M.D.

Only in the movies would you end up with Meg Ryan if you truly are Sleepless in Seattle. Never mind that you are Tom Hanks. In real life, Tom never gets to make out with Meg because he is sleep deprived.

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Productivity: Is Multitasking Something To Move Toward Or Away From?

wowOwow | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Worklife, Concentration, Multitasking, Unitasking, The Balanced Life, Unitask, Multitask, Time Management, Focus, Productivity, Organization, Healthy Living News

Multitasking seems to have wormed its way into our brain matter and I'm not sure that's a good thing, but it's tough to turn back now....

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Why Life Does Not Make Sense: Overcoming The Attentional Blink Through Meditation

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Srini Pillay, Concentration, Meditation, Attention, Perception, Focus, Srinivasan Pillay, Attentional Blink, Healthy Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

When we are watching something with our eyes open, even if our eyes do not blink, our attention does. Either way, eye-blinks and "attentional blinks" mean that there is some period of time when we are missing seeing something.

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What Pez Candy And Time Management Have In Common

Karen Leland | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Forest Gump, Chocolate, Concentration, Focus, Time Management, PEZ Candy, Productivity, Healthy Living News
Karen Leland

When I was a kid, one of my favorite candies was Pez. The bottom half of the dispenser was designed in the shape of a cigarette lighter, and the top w...

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True Success in Times of Change

Tom Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Setting Goals, Philosophy, Wisdom, Emotion, Focus, Planning, Intellect, Commitment, Self-Help, Success, Concentration, Change, Harmony, Character, Enjoyment, Personal Growth, Confidence, Goals, Constistency, Home News
Tom Morris

The wisest people who have ever thought about positive achievement have left us bits and pieces of powerful advice for attaining true success in anything we do.

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8 Reasons Why You Can't Pay Attention

Forbes.com | Allison Van Dusen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Distration, Concentration, Adhd, Attention, Add, Healthy Living News

We've all had days--perhaps weeks and even months--when we can't seem to focus on anything. One minute you're reading an article online, the next you'...

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