Beautiful Minds
Musings on the Many Paths to Greatness
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Turning Adversity into Creative Growth
There's little doubt that trauma can be immensely painful, often leaving deep emotional and psychological scars long after the stressful experience has passed. But can there be a silver lining for creativity?
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Profiling Serial Creators
Every single day, all across the globe, extraordinarily creative and talented students sit in our classrooms bored out of their minds.
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In Defense of Working Memory Training
The potential payoff of working memory training for helping those who could truly benefit from it is too great to not at least attempt to get this right, and take a more nuanced approach that takes into account multiple factors.
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Learning Strategies and Achievement
Learning strategies can predict achievement above and beyond IQ test performance.
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Can You Smell Personality?
Can you smell someone's personality?! Recent research suggests you actually can (at least for some traits).
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From Chess to Dreams: Interview on the Creative Writing Process with Fred Waitzkin
Interview with bestselling author Fred Waitzkin about his novel "The Dream Merchant" and his creative writing process.
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Reasoning Training Increases Brain Connectivity Associated with High-Level Cognition
A number of studies across various domains– from juggling to taxi navigation to meditation to music to motor learning to processing speed– demonstrate the importance of experience on patterns of neural connectivity. Finally, the cognitive ability domain is catching up.
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New Sensitivity Gene Discovered
Some of the very same genes that under harsh environmental conditions are associated with some of the lowest lows of humanity, are associated with the highest highs of human flourishing under supportive conditions.
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Social and Mechanical Reasoning Inhibit Each Other
The brain can't engage in social and mechanical reasoning at the same time.
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Interview with Author and Magician Alex Stone
Interview with Author and Magician Alex Stone about his book "Fooling Houdini."
