You’ve probably heard a lot of mindfulness meditation in these past few years. It can improve your decision making. It focuses attention. It helps you be less influenced by others. All kinds of good stuff. And a new study sheds some light on why this might be. A study published … Read More
Excuse us for dusting off an old chestnut, but texting is stupid, and you may not even notice if some kind of technical glitch happened and you got shunted into a completely different conversation. How do we figure that? Well, researchers tried it. A study published in PLOS One has … Read More
What’s good about being ‘self-deceived’—that is, an overconfident person with an exaggerated view of self-talent? Well, people like that are really good at convincing other people that they’re just as good as they believe themselves to be. A study published in PLOS One has found that people who are self-deceived … Read More
Workers at Concordia, the international polar research station, have to live through weeks of darkness during the winter. This is a serious challenge, as one of the key ways our circadian rhythm (sleep cycle) works is via lighting cues. For example, a week spent camping will reset your sleep cycle … Read More
BMI is pretty terrible, right? Right. So what should you use instead? Body shape. Specifically, you can use a scale called A Body Shape Index, or ABSI. Want to know yours? Here you go. According to a study published in PLOS One, body shape is much better at predicting mortality … Read More
