DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE DECEMBER 2016 NEWSLETTER including this month’s Freebie. This season brings varied and complex emotions: joy and nostalgia, love and loneliness. New research helps to explain how these feelings affect us—with some practical implications for making the season brighter and more meaningful. Embrace the Nostalgia:The bittersweet emotion increases feelings of vitality On holidays, […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE NOVEMBER 2016 NEWSLETTER including this month’s Freebie. Around the world, especially in industrial nations, over-worked employees and the scientists who study them are reaching similar conclusions. Overwhelming evidence now confirms that downtime of all kinds—whether it be a meditation session, lunchtime stroll through the park or a weeklong (or more) holiday—is crucial […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE SEPTEMBER 2016 NEWSLETTER including this month’s Freebie. Being alive is a smelly business. Our bodies constantly release by-products of the processes that go on inside us—and it is more than just a curiosity or a cause for dismay. A growing amount of research suggests that it might one day be possible to […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE AUGUST 2016 NEWSLETTER. Picture two female chimpanzees hanging out under a tree. One grooms the other, systematically working long fingers through fur, picking out bugs and bits of leaves. The recipient sprawls sleepily on the ground, looking as relaxed as someone enjoying a spa day. A subsequent surreptitious measurement of her levels […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE JULY 2016 NEWSLETTER. Everbody seems to be doing it! What? Looking for love online. According to recent statistics for those looking for love then ‘everybody seems to be doing it online’. So for those of you looking for a bit of summer romance, then boost your odds of making a match […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE JUNE 2016 NEWSLETTER including this months Freebie. Name that smell—if you can’t, it could be an indicator of a problem somewhere in your brain. New research suggests that scratch-and-sniff smell tests could become an easy and cheap way to detect signs of traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative ailments. Recent research found […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE MAY 2016 NEWSLETTER including this months Freebie. As I am writing this – on an unusually warm (for Holland) Sunday afternoon under the shade of our plum tree – I am wearing old jeans and a favourite faded cotton shirt. They feel familiar and comfortable. This attire is also ‘air conditioned’ (perfect […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE APRIL 2016 NEWSLETTER including this months Freebie. When neuroscientist George Koob proposed creating a vaccine for addiction 25 years ago, his colleagues thought he was wasting his time. The immune system evolved to prevent infections, not highs from illegal drugs. Prevailing wisdom holds that treating addiction requires months or years of psychotherapy […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE MARCH 2016 NEWSLETTER including this months Freebie. How do hours of Facebook and constant streams of WhatsApp, tweets and text messages affect our cognition and mental health? Scientists are beginning to find out…. Green with FaceBook Envy Spending a lot of time on Facebook is linked to diminished well-being, according to […]
DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE FEBRUARY 2016 NEWSLETTER including this month’s Freebie. Now that I have your attention, then I may be about to disappoint you. We are going to be considering whether the size of Woody Allen’s second favourite organ really matters….The Brain. Does a bigger brain make you necessarily smarter or wiser? Adjectives such […]
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DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE DECEMBER 2015 NEWSLETTER including this month’s Freebie. Are you one of those people who falls asleep minutes after their head hits the pillow and awakens cheery and refreshed when the sunlight filters through the window? If you are, then count your blessings! Your reliable inner clock may also deserve some credit for […]