10/14/2011
09/17/2010
02/02/2010
A look back at food allergies, how we self-induce their ailments on ourselves…
Self-induced food allergies? Perhaps that subconscious has got you bamboozled into thinking that peanut butter makes your hands swell…. Harper’s Magazine sums up the phenomenon in a one pager:
05/31/2009
“According to this year’s Harris Poll Happiness Index, 39% of Americans who earn between $50,000 and $74,999 a year say they are happy, making them the happiest of all income groups. “
05/06/2009
“Every time we switch tasks, the brain shuts down connections to key information,” Multi-tasking isn’t always
The Multi-tasking Paradox - Efficiency doesn’t seem conducive to effective productivity, when we look at it from the brain’s perspective. The eight pound organ has to re-boot back to task 1 of 6 every time you flip flop your way through tasks.
“Every time we switch tasks, the brain shuts down connections to key information.”
NPR’s recent obsession with the effects of Multitasking can be expanded upon further by these articles:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95256794&sc=nl&cc=es-20081019
