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Best predictor of sustained weight-loss? Prefrontal cortex activation

October 22, 2018 by Cell Press

Fig­ure 3. Weight Loss at Month 1 Cor­re­lat­ed with Changes in BOLD in Regions Asso­ci­at­ed with Cog­ni­tive Con­trol. Cred­it: Selin Neselil­er et al

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New research sug­gests that high­er-lev­el brain func­tions have a major role in los­ing weight. In a study among 24 par­tic­i­pants at a weight-loss clin­ic, those who achieved great­est suc­cess in terms of weight loss demon­strat­ed more activ­i­ty in the brain regions of the lat­er­al pre­frontal cor­tex asso­ci­at­ed with self-con­trol. [Read more…] about Best pre­dic­tor of sus­tained weight-loss? Pre­frontal cor­tex activation

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: calorie restriction diet, cognitive-behavioral-therapy, cognitive-control, fMRI, higher-level brain functions, lateral prefrontal cortex, self-control, self-regulation, Weight-loss

Six tips for social-emotional learning (SEL) to transfer into real-world skills

May 11, 2018 by Greater Good Science Center

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Social-emo­tion­al learn­ing (SEL) teach­es the key atti­tudes and skills nec­es­sary for under­stand­ing and man­ag­ing emo­tions, lis­ten­ing, feel­ing and show­ing empa­thy for oth­ers, and mak­ing thought­ful, respon­si­ble deci­sions. For five years, I was an edu­ca­tor in the field teach­ing mind­ful­ness and emo­tion­al skills to teenagers at six dif­fer­ent high schools.

Over and over, I saw the pow­er of mind­ful­ness to trans­form the inner lives of stu­dents. Stu­dents became less stressed, more self-reg­u­lat­ed, and more thought­ful toward their class­mates. But I also saw that [Read more…] about Six tips for social-emo­tion­al learn­ing (SEL) to trans­fer into real-world skills

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: curricula, development, emotional skills, Emotions, empathy, Greater-Good, mindfulness, Project Wayfinder, self-regulation, social-emotional-learning, Stress, training

Quick, interactive brain teaser to test your concentration and cognitive flexibility

March 4, 2016 by Dr. Pascale Michelon

Here is a fun and inter­ac­tive ver­sion of the famous Stroop test, often used in neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal eval­u­a­tions to mea­sure response inhi­bi­tion and cog­ni­tive flex­i­bil­ity. Per­form­ing well on the test requires strong con­cen­tra­tion and self-reg­u­la­tion. [Read more…] about Quick, inter­ac­tive brain teas­er to test your con­cen­tra­tion and cog­ni­tive flexibility

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Filed Under: Brain Teasers Tagged With: brain-teaser, cognitive flex­i­bil­ity, inhibition, interactive-stroop-test, mind-teaser, neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal, processing-speed, self-regulation, Stroop-Test

Mindfulness or Mind Control at Work?

December 7, 2015 by Greater Good Science Center

Richard Davidson at the Mindfulness & Well-Being at Work conference on November 13-14, 2015, in Berkeley, California. Photo: Auey Santos
–Richard David­son at the Mind­ful­ness & Well-Being at Work con­fer­ence on Novem­ber 13–14, 2015, in Berke­ley, Cal­i­for­nia. Pho­to: Auey Santos

 

There’s a back­lash brew­ing against mind­ful­ness at work.

“Cor­po­ra­tions have jumped on the mind­ful­ness band­wag­on because it con­ve­nient­ly shifts the bur­den onto the indi­vid­ual employ­ee,” write Ron Purs­er and David Loy in the Huff­in­g­ton Post. “Stress is framed as a per­son­al prob­lem, and mind­ful­ness is offered as just the right med­i­cine to help employ­ees work more effi­cient­ly and calm­ly with­in tox­ic envi­ron­ments.” [Read more…] about Mind­ful­ness or Mind Con­trol at Work?

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Filed Under: Attention & ADD/ADHD, Education & Lifelong Learning, Peak Performance Tagged With: mind control, mindful, mindfulness, Mindfulness-Training, self-control, self-regulation, Stress, workplace

Would Warren Buffett be a highly viable Presidential candidate?

September 4, 2015 by Alvaro Fernandez

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My col­league Dr. Murali Doraiswamy just wrote an excel­lent opin­ion piece for The New York Times: With Age Comes Wis­dom, and Some Con­cerns For Can­di­dates.

He ends it up say­ing that, “As Hen­ry Ford not­ed, “Any­one who stops learn­ing is old, whether at 20 or 80. Any­one who keeps learn­ing stays young.” We should shift the debate away from wor­ry­ing about the age of our can­di­dates and focus instead on their cog­ni­tive skill set and prac­ti­cal wisdom.”

I could­n’t agree more with those wise words.

warren-buffetBut, I do dis­agree with the words just pre­ced­ing them: “War­ren Buf­fett, at the age of 85, would still be a high­ly viable can­di­date, should he choose to run.”

To see why I disagree–and why it matters–let me syn­the­size some recent research on brain health, cog­ni­tion and aging. [Read more…] about Would War­ren Buf­fett be a high­ly viable Pres­i­den­tial candidate?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: aging, brain, Brain-health, cognition, cognitive, cognitive skill set, pat­tern recog­ni­tion, pro­cess­ing speed, self-regulation, Warren Buffet, working mem­ory

Neuroeducation: Top findings to update education and learning

December 3, 2013 by SharpBrains

neuroeducationNeu­roe­d­u­ca­tion: 25 Find­ings Over 25 Years (Inno­va­tion Excellence):

“To cel­e­brate the progress of this mon­u­men­tal dis­ci­pline, we have com­piled a list of the 25 most sig­nif­i­cant find­ings in neu­ro­science edu­ca­tion over the past 25 years..” [Read more…] about Neu­roe­d­u­ca­tion: Top find­ings to update edu­ca­tion and learning

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Filed Under: Education & Lifelong Learning Tagged With: Brain-Plasticity, cognitive-enhancement, Learning, metacognition, neuroeducation, self-regulation

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