How regularly changing diapers can give dads a “parenting brain”
Father’s Day: What makes somebody a father? Frequently performing caregiving tasks can change your brain in a way that helps you to be a good parent to your child.
Self-Improvement
Me versus the other
Social comparison, or the tendency to compare oneself with another, is an individual behavior largely embedded in cultural and political background. Research has converged on the idea that the brain’s reward-related system is involved. Why is that?
Fidgeting about and around, is it good for you?
Fidgeting might be beneficial for your concentration and maintaining weight.
Improve your memory with your own memory palace
Some people are experts on remembering, and they say that anyone can train to be as good. The key is to use a technique called the ‘memory palace’, and now there is scientific evidence that this can be really effective even long term.
Need a good idea? Dare to daydream?
When you stop focusing and start daydreaming, the so-called default mode network of your brain becomes active, producing new or creative ideas.
Summertime headache: The brain freeze explained
To prevent the brain from getting too cold, extra blood is drawn to your head, which can hurt.
Coffee naps are more effective than regular naps
A ‘coffee nap’, which is just drinking a cup of coffee and then taking a nap, supposedly makes you feel a lot more energized than a coffee or a nap alone. I have tried and absolutely love it. But how does it actually work?
Share your new year’s resolution with friends or keep them to yourself?
Sharing goals with friends may lead to fewer accomplishments for some people while more chance of success for others.
Error is the key to success
What to do when facing a situation we’re not familiar with? Too many unknown elements to react intuitively. That’s when we need to pause and think about a new plan. And then, just try and see?
The new way of working (from home)
Working from home is challenging, but it can teach you to be very efficient by working in short cycles, taking good breaks, and by integrating work and private life instead of separating them.