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9 Best Articles in 2021
insidemymind.me
Today I Learned That Not Everyone Has An Internal Monologue And It Has Ruined My Day.insidemymind.me
3 min read · 2020-02-07 · My day was completely ruined yesterday when I stumbled upon a fun fact that absolutely obliterated my mind. I saw this tweet yesterday that said that not everyone has an internal monologue in their…
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Aeon+Psyche
Your brain does not process information and it is not a computerAeon+Psyche
~18 min read · From 2016 · Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer
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Adam Thomas
Organised magic: how my Second Brain made me happierAdam Thomas
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Summary, by the author
In 2020, I adopted two practices that changed my outlook on productivity and happiness.
Firstly, I began journaling. Through the process of writing regularly on what I am feeling, I made sense of stress.
Secondly, I adopted the Second Brain methodology.
The methodology is a three-step process: saving links, summarising ideas, and revisiting notes.
Both practices allowed me to delegate and outsource complex thinking.
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Tim Urban
Neuralink and the Brain's Magical FutureTim Urban
From 2017 · I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level.
elon musk
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medium.com
Stop thinking about productivity, and start thinking about focus.medium.com
~12 min read · 2020-09-11 · All the articles you’ve been reading are tricking you.
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Pay attention to when you are confident in your judgment, and when you are insecure.
Often when we talk about focus we are actually talking about the results of focus, not the experience itself.
nature
Tips from neuroscience to keep you focused on hard tasksnature
5 min read · Mar 16th · Understanding cognitive control can help your working life, says David Badre.
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To solve hard problems, the brain needs ready access to the information, plans, procedures and knowledge it will be using. Cognitive scientists refer to this collective task knowledge as a task set.
returning to a hard task in this way comes with a ‘restart’ cost
Entrepreneur
How Reading Books Helps Your Brain RechargeEntrepreneur
4 min read · 2020-02-15 · It may seem counterintuitive, but absorbing information through old-fashioned books gives your brain a break.
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Scientific American
Why Your Brain Needs ExerciseScientific American
9 min read · 2019-12-17 · The evolutionary history of humans explains why physical activity is important for brain health
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Ness Labs
Systematic inventive thinking: the power of thinking inside the boxNess Labs
4 min read · 2020-08-13 · When talking about creativity, many people will tell you: “Think outside the box!” The catchphrase is so common in management consulting and business environments, it has become a bit of a cliché.…
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While thinking inside the box may not feel like a natural approach to innovation—especially when we have been told our whole life to think outside the box—it has many benefits which become evident once we understand that constraints can foster creativity.
Thinking inside the box often provokes resistance as it runs counter to some of the most ubiquitous intuitions about innovation. However, it’s a formidable creative thinking tool which is actually fun to use.
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TeachThought
Does the Rise of Neurotech Spell the End of Humanity as We Know it?
Labroots
Do humans have a north sense?
interconnected.org
Long Covid can cause memory problems. Does it raise Alzheimer's risk?
NBC News Health
Brains Might Sync As People Interact — and That Could Upend Consciousness Research
Discover Magazine
Introduction to Deep Learning
Sebastian Raschka
Conversion Intelligence—The New Era of Marketing
unbounce
Neurodiversity is not enough. We should embrace psydiversity
Aeon+Psyche
Maker of dubious $56K Alzheimer’s drug offers cognitive test no one can pass
Ars Technica
Brain implant turns paralyzed man's thoughts into 'speech'
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Mental disorders are brain disordersAeon+Psyche
8 min read · Jul 20th · The most vital quandary of mental health disorders and therapies today is not whether they change the brain but how
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A brain-based approach to mental health disorders might also help us invent new treatments.
A crucial scientific challenge of our era will be measuring the cognitive and biological changes occurring in mental health on an individual level, and mapping out their relationships with treatment outcomes.
joshwcomeau.com
How To Learn Stuff Quicklyjoshwcomeau.com
~12 min read · Jul 19th · As software developers, we're always learning new things; it's practically the whole gig! If we can learn to quickly pick up new languages/frameworks/tools, we'll become so much more effective at our…
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Neuroscience News
The Science of ‘Mind-Reading’: How Well Do We Understand Others?Neuroscience News
4 min read · Jul 18th · Researchers investigate mentalizing, or how we are able to understand what another person is thinking, and how this process differs from empathy.
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Mind-reading sounds like science fiction. But the term, also referred to as “mentalising”, is a psychological concept used to describe the process of understanding what other people are thinking. We may not be aware of it, but we use mind-reading every day when we interact with each other. It helps us to understand another person’s viewpoint or know when someone is saying something that they do not mean, such as being sarcastic or lying.
Want to know how good your mind-reading ability is? You can complete the test here.
The New York Times
Tapping into the Brain to Help a Paralyzed Man SpeakThe New York Times
9 min read · Jul 14th · In a once unimagined accomplishment, electrodes implanted in the man’s brain transmit signals to a computer that displays his words.
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Aeon+Psyche
Neurodiversity is not enough. We should embrace psydiversityAeon+Psyche
~14 min read · Jul 29th · We live in a world that must move beyond identity politics and embrace new models of the mind. Enter psydiversity
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Singularity Hub
Treating the Brain Through the Stomach: Tweaking the Gut Microbiome Slowed ALS in MiceSingularity Hub
5 min read · Jul 13th · For devastating disorders in which the brain or its nerve connections gradually disintegrate, maybe it’s time to look south of the neck—towards the gut.
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Ars Technica
Our brains “read” expressions of illusory faces in things just like real facesArs Technica
4 min read · Jul 13th
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Discover Magazine
Brains Might Sync As People Interact — and That Could Upend Consciousness ResearchDiscover Magazine
5 min read · Jul 27th · When we cooperate on certain tasks, our brainwaves might synchronize. This finding could upend the current understanding of consciousness.
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MIT Technology Review
Facebook drops funding for interface that reads the brainMIT Technology Review
4 min read · Jul 14th · The company's research into a mind-reading device is over, for now. Some scientists said it was never possible anyway.
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NPR
Doctors Worry That Memory Problems After COVID-19 May Set Stage For Alzheimer'sNPR
4 min read · Jul 26th · Some patient's who've had COVID-19 develop symptoms resembling early Alzheimer's. Researchers are trying to figure out whether these people are more likely to develop the disease itself.
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