THE TWO-MINUTE GAME “If an action will take less than two minutes, it should be done at the moment it is defined.” INBOX ZERO “It...

“A major component in this gift of neurogenesis—and it is a gift to be revered—is a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor...

More recently, science has begun testing what the ancient Tibetans understood intuitively. In the 1980s, researchers with the Framingham...

“I felt like I’d entered an alternate universe when I read a lengthy research paper by three of positive psychology’s top luminaries—Ed...

“When [Dan] Pink talks about ‘what science knows,’ he’s referring, for the most part, to a forty-year-old theoretical framework known as...

“When communicating science to the general public in lectures or writing, I’m always wary of bombarding an audience with never-ending...

“Nobody wants to stick his or her hand in a bucket of ice water and leave it there until the pain is overwhelming, but that’s exactly...

“Some mice were given access to food around the clock, while others only had access during the night (when mice normally come out to...

“Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was putting together a study of some of the most creative successful people around: 275 Nobel Prize winners,...

“In the United States, daily physical activity—as captured by an accelerometer—is correlated with a sense of purpose in life. Real-time...

“To play any game, you have to start. To win, you’ll need to keep going. If you want to make your dreams come true, get ready for the...

“So what should we be teaching? Many pedagogical experts argue that schools should switch to teaching ‘the four Cs’—critical thinking,...

“In 2012, a team of neurologists at UCLA’s Laboratory of Neuromodulation and Neuroimaging published a study that clearly demonstrated the...

“A study done at the University of London found that constant emailing and text-messaging reduces mental capability by an average of ten...

“When we describe multitasking we’re often describing context switching, the act of opening up our email and looking through it for...

“Brad Alan Lewis and his rowing partner Paul Enquist won the gold medal in the double sculls at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games,...

“I handle this dilemma myself by omitting time from the equation—since time is what drives fear. The more time you devote to the object...

“Cigarettes, alcohol, and commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals like Adderall and Prozac all come with warning labels. Has the time come...

“Indeed, over the past forty years, study after carefully designed study has found that the children of psychologically wise parents fare...

“In 2014, at the University of Texas at Austin commencement, Admiral William McRaven brought the house down with his inspirational...