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A common misconception on creativity is that it’s a passive process; those who are creative are naturally so, and a stall in creativity can’t be cured by anything except waiting for inspiration to arrive. However, a recent Stanford University study tested Friedrich Nietzsche’s quote, “All great thoughts are conceived by…

For about 10 years I’ve been a terrible sleeper. I toss and turn all night, I wake up when cars drive by outside (and when squirrels breathe too loudly), I can’t sleep in anything but pitch black. And so I never feel well rested — instead it’s a struggle to…

FYI: Fear has never stopped anyone from smoking The mind has a very simple process for deciding whether it wants to repeat an experience or avoid it in the future. It asks the question, “Was this fun or painful?” and follows up accordingly. Of course, that’s an extremely simplified model…

Next time you have your head to the desk to finish an assignment, consider taking the scenic route to refill your coffee mug. A new study conducted at the University of Melbourne asked two separate groups to complete a sustained attention task. Halfway through, both groups viewed an image of…

You look at the mirror and spot a couple of things you’d like to improve. Some of them, you can’t do much about. Then your eyes fall on those couple of extra pounds of fat persistently hanging around your body, refusing to melt away on their own. So you decide…

On the weekend I was hanging out with Pavlok’s Head Habit Hacker — Justus. First stop was a pub where they had one of those basketball arcade games. Why did we spend Saturday night feeding $1 bills into Hoop Fever? It’s a way to make exercise fun (shooting balls, aiming…