#music #children #think #memory #brain Learning to play a musical instrument helps fine-tune childrens’ brains, researchers say. In a new study, 40 children, 10 to 13 anni, performed memory and attention tasks while their brain activity was monitored with functional MRI. This type of imaging scan detects small changes in blood flow within the brain. […]
#office # home #working America’s office workers have been miserable and burned out for a long time. The expectation of long hours at the office has been particularly hard on parents. Women, young people and people with disabilities have for years been among those on the forefront of pushing for more freedom in where work […]
$FCAU, $RNLSY Fiat Chrysler (NYSE:FCAU) crafted and presented a balanced merger of equals to Renault (NASDAQ:RNLSY) Monday to tackle the costs of far-reaching technological and regulatory changes by creating the world’s 3rd-biggest automaker. If it goes ahead, the $37-B tie-up would alter the landscape for rivals including General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Peugeot maker PSA Group […]
FLASH: Sleep impacts your ability to learn and your creative capacity. Deep sleep is also crucial for brain detoxification, and can have a significant impact on your risk for Alzheimer’s disease. In the video below, Rhonda Patrick, PhD., a biomedical scientist, interviews professor Matthew Walker, PhD., founder and director of the University of California Berkeley’s […]
Good Sleep is Not Just for Rest, it is for Creativity Too! Amazingly, there are a lot of people that see sleeping as a waste of time and sleep as little as possible, but there overwhelming evidence showing sleeping more can boost both productiveness and creativity. In the video below, professor Matthew Walker, Ph.D., founder […]
Train Your Brain to Think in New Ways Creativity and innovation arise at the intersection of ideas. By ID’ing the links between various ideas an notions, we can identify and solve problems that most people overlook. The Key to new thinking is to expand the set of mental models we use to think. Below is the […]
Chinese Economy Faces Opportunities & Challenges The Chinese economy boasts a lot of opportunities to move forward despite concerns of a growth slowdown, economists and experts told a forum Friday. At the 6th Conference on the Chinese Capital Markets held by the New York University’s Center on US-China Relations, they also saw great growth potential […]
Making Creativity Part of Daily Life Creativity is a skill to be learned, practiced, and developed. The more we make creativity part of our daily life, the more it will grow. The Big Q: So how do I make creativity part of my daily life? The Big A: Below are some suggestions, get started on […]
Read, Get Smarter Than the Smart People Around You The Big Q: Do you enjoy sitting down or curling up with a good book? The Big A: If you do, you are ahead of the rest, as reading is linked to a variety of benefits, both mental and physical. In fact, new research published in […]