Embodied Thinking Psychology researchers in Singapore have found that acting out metaphors or imagining them, helps people become more creative. These ideas of using metaphors to gain creative insight, are closely related to the ideas we have covered in this blog: “How to think like Einstein“. Metaphors and thought experiments Einstein is known to have […]
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Being bilingual is good for your brain
March 7, 2013 
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“Speaking two languages can actually help offset some effects of aging on the brain, a new study has found.” -Sydney Lupkin @slupkin “Bilinguals Have Faster, More Adaptive Brains When They Get Older, Study Finds”
Read moreJourney to Solar - Part Five, Installation, Inspection and Flipping the Switch
March 5, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from OC Green Mama: The day was finally here we had been waiting for – installation day. Our solar panel system is fairly large (7.2kw) so installation actually took two days. Installation was a breeze. The hardest thing was keeping my dogs from freaking out while a crew of people stomped across our roof. […]
Read moreThinking with your gut. How intestinal bacteria affects thinking.
February 28, 2013 0 Comments
Source: The California Academy of Science blog. Read the original post: “Thinking with your Gut” http://www.calacademy.org/sciencetoday/thinking-with-your-gut/ Related Elsewhere: Forbes: “Thinking with your gut. Literally.” http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/04/19/thinking-with-your-gut-literally/
Read more7 common habits of all Genius
February 28, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from Free: The Genius,knowingly or unknowingly,draw upon certain habits to bring forth their magic. Habits-that if we were to adopt,would alter the course of our very lives! 1.Rely on Intuition The Genius always possess great self confidence and often rely upon their Intuition. Intuition is,in many ways, a sixth sense,a gut feeling. It is […]
Read moreLeft-hand turns require "huge" brain power, study shows; add hands-free cellphone and the brain can't cope
February 28, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from canada.com: Canadian researchers have shown for the first time that making left-hand turns at busy intersections — where the worst real-world crashes occur — requires far more brain power than right turns or other manoeuvres. Throw in talking on a hands-free cellphone, and the brain becomes so distracted, it shuts down key areas […]
Read moreFirefox OS needs games: Mozilla is confident it can entice developers by eliminating fragmentation
February 27, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from VentureBeat: A few days ago, Internet-technology company Mozilla introduced Firefox OS. This is the company’s new free mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets based on its Firefox browser. The OS is moving into a crowded market dominated by Apple and Google — not to mention Blackberry and Microsoft. One of the things […]
Read moreHumanity and Nature are One - Segmento
February 26, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from Ekostories: Following from the world of advertising and persuasion of last week’s post, I want to present this provocative image courtesy of The Third Ray, a blog by Joe Zammit-Lucia. Mr. Zammit-Lucia is constantly interested in exploring connections between nature and culture beyond traditional labels of environmentalism and notions of “saving the planet”, […]
Read moreIf the Web is your textbook, Scrible offers new ways to mark it up
February 26, 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from GigaOM: When web annotation startup Scrible launched two years ago, it knew the education market could be a big opportunity but cast its net to a wider consumer audience. Through its browser-based bookmarklet, users can highlight content on any web page, add notes and tags and then save the research online – and […]
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