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Friday, June 1, 2018

Cycling did not save my life, it changed it immeasurably for the better…

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Leave Room for Wisdom in Your Intelligent Life

“Intelligence” is all the rage. Students take standardized tests throughout school to measure intelligence, and we build machines powered by artificial intelligence to help us do our jobs. We seem to value intelligence above all else.

This is understandable. After all, “intelligence” in both of those examples is measurable and actionable, and it appears to provide a certain amount of clarity. However, “intelligence” in this sense is not necessarily a prerequisite for success....

Cognitive Training May Improve Depression, Brain Health After Brain Injury

A new study reveals that certain cognitive training exercises can help lower depression and improve brain health after a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

The findings show that, after cognitive training, TBI patients experience significant reductions in the severity of depressive symptoms, increased ability to manage emotions, improvements in cortical thickness and recovery from abnormal neural network connectivity.

“To our knowledge, this is the first study to report brain change associated...

Best of Our Blogs: June 1, 2018

Have you ever felt completely drained and overwhelmed?

Maybe it’s work or your relationships. Maybe you’re finding it impossible to juggle family and your professional life, let alone a social life.

You realize that as each ball drops, you’re not even enjoying any of it. It’s like one obstacle after another without any respite.

If you’re feeling the burn of burn out, you’re not alone. In fact, one study found 54 percent of survey respondents were stressed in 2017.

What’s the...

Portable Eye-Testing Device May Help Diagnose Schizophrenia

Research has shown that people with schizophrenia exhibit abnormal electrical activity in the retina. Now a new study finds that a portable device commonly used in optometrists’ offices could allow for a faster diagnosis of the disease, predict relapse and assess symptom severity and treatment effectiveness.

The findings are published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

For the study, researchers at Rutgers University used RETeval, a hand-held device developed to record electrical...

Why Being Guarded Isn’t Such a Bad Thing

They say the definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So, when someone says you’re too “guarded” when it comes to letting new people in, it’s kind of hard to believe that it could be true — especially if you’ve been burned before. And while it’s safe to say that to have a full, meaningful relationship you have to open yourself up eventually, it’s also okay (and even wise) to proceed with caution. Let’s face it,...

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Everything Happens for a Reason—And Other Things Not to Say When Tragedy Strikes

“Well, it’s the good kind of cancer. You will be better soon.”

Those are the words Elizabeth Gillette heard from some people when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at 21 years old. She would need several rounds of chemotherapy followed by radiation treatment. She was terrified — and shocked to hear anyone refer to her cancer as good.

These “responses effectively closed me off to having any further conversation with them because I knew they didn’t understand how scared...