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• Mind Hacks: How to lucid dream

  Published: August 8, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: How To, Mind Hacks, Sleep, Top

  Next time you're deep in a dream about flying by the Eiffel Tower on your magic carpet or taking out a fleet of Cylon raiders with Starbuck, wouldn't it be cool if you could realize you were dreaming and control what happens? Wikihow has instructions on how to do just that. Lucid dreaming is being aware you're dreaming while you're doing it,

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• Book Recommendation: Debunking The Myths of Innovation

  Published: August 16, 2007, 11:05 am

  Tags: Book Recommendation, Creativity, Mind Hacks

  Daddy, where do great ideas come from? This is the question technologist Scott Berkun takes on in his new book, The Myths of Innovation. If you're still waiting for your Eureka! moment to hit you on the head (like Newton's mythical apple when he "discovered" gravity), this is the book for you. One by one, Berkun unravels and explains the complex

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• Decision-making: Why you shouldn't let feelings play into tough decisions

  Published: August 17, 2007, 10:23 am

  Tags: Advice, Decision Making, Mind Hacks, Psychology, Science

  Psychology researchers at the University College of London conducted a series of tests about how people feel before and after making a big decision. What they discovered would please Spock -- consulting your feelings when you decide something will lead you astray. Participants took part in a two-person negotiation for money that would allow the

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• Mind Hacks: Older people are using brain-building software ...

  Published: August 27, 2007, 8:30 am

  Tags: Mind Hacks

  Older people are using brain-building software like Brain Fitness Program 2.0, MindFit and Brain Age2 to keep their minds sharp.

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• How To: Increase Your Memory's Capacity

  Published: August 27, 2007, 7:30 am

  Tags: How To, Memory, Mind Hacks, Students, Study Tips

  subject just by putting your mind to it. Tutor John Place writes: 1. First, use a pencil or word processor (I prefer the latter because it's faster) to type, in complete sentences, any fact you think might appear on the test. Use short sentences because they're easier to remember. 2. Take your printed notes into a quiet room, shut the door, and

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• Mind Hacks: Get a Better Night's Sleep Without Electronic Media

  Published: August 27, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Internet, Mind Hacks, Sleep, Television, Top

  A study at Osaka University in Japan shows that people who surf the internet or watch TV before bedtime report that they are not getting enough sleep—however, they are catching as many Z's as people who don't watch TV or surf before hitting the sack: "The longer media use before sleep can trigger (self-perceived) insufficient sleep," lead

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• Science: How Evolutionary Biology Explains Office Politics

  Published: September 21, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Conflict Resolution, Mind Hacks, Office Culture, Office Politics, Science, Top

  There may be ancient evolutionary impulses behind modern-day office politics. If human nature is shaped by our monkey pasts, and the tens of thousands of years our species spent as hunter-gatherers, we might want to use some 100,000 year-old solutions to fights over the printer, snarky sysadmins, and lateral promotions. In that spirit, Stanford

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• Walking: Take a Walk That Will Reboot Your Brain

  Published: September 21, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: Creativity, Exercise, Health, Mind Hacks, Top, Walking

  three tips for taking a mind-expanding stroll: 1. Don't weigh yourself down. Leave the briefcase and the backpack at home. If you need to write something down, bring one piece of paper and a pen. If you fill that piece of paper, then you've had a productive walk.2. Take a strange route around a familiar area. Focus on the idea that you'll

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• Mind Hacks: Why You Should Mouse with the Other Hand

  Published: September 25, 2007, 11:20 am

  Tags: Mind Hacks, Mouse

  Blogger Dumb Little Man says that being ambidextrous with the mouse can increase your brain power: By switching the side of your mouse-pad you will force yourself to use your non-dominant hand. This, in turn, will stimulate the neural connections between the right and left hemispheres on your brain. Scientific research confirmed that people that

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• Information Overload: The Times Online suggests some tricks to ...

  Published: October 1, 2007, 9:30 am

  Tags: Information Overload, Mind Hacks

  The Times Online suggests some tricks to overcome information overload, like speed reading, improving your memory and logging your workday activities.

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• Sleep: Reboot Your Brain with a Caffeine Nap

  Published: October 2, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Caffeine, Coffee, Mind Hacks, Napping, Naps, Sleep, Top

  Didn't get enough sleep last night? Grab a quick midday nap just after a cup of coffee. From Wired's How To wiki: Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption. Experiments performed at Loughborough University in the UK showed that the sleep-deprived need only a cup of coffee

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• DIY Creations: Ancient Greeks Didn't Need Math to Innovate New Tools

  Published: October 3, 2007, 2:00 pm

  Tags: Archaeology, Diy Creations, History, Innovation, Mind Hacks, Science

  Apparently the tradition of great engineers not having college degrees goes back 2500 years. Harvard classics researcher Mark Schiefsky has shown that many great technical innovations of antiquity, such as the balance and steelyard, were created by craftspeople with no theoretical training in mathematics. A steelyard is a balance with unequal

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• Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better

  Published: October 10, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Feature, Health, Lifehacker Top 10, Mind Hacks, Nap, Sleep, Top

  quiet the whir of a racing mind. Guest contributor Ryan Irelan runs down how to beat insomnia with "Blue Energy." 3. Shortcut a Long Nap with the Clattering Spoon Artist and napper Salvador Dali had an interesting nap technique, based on the idea that your body benefits from just getting to sleep as much as a couple of hours worth of

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• Mind Hacks: Dissolve Mental Blocks By Thinking Metaphorically

  Published: October 14, 2007, 8:00 am

  Tags: Mind Hacks, Top

  Sometimes, the solution to becoming more creative can't be arrived at by traditional thinking. Writing pro Copyblogger suggests that we try to frame ideas in a metaphorical way instead in order to see angles we might not have come up with otherwise. Why? Because logical thinking tends to follow a linear pattern, while metaphors are

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• Sleep: Not only can a nap itself improve your day, ...

  Published: October 16, 2007, 2:30 pm

  Tags: Health, Mind Hacks, Sleep

  Not only can a nap itself improve your day, the mere expectation of an afternoon snooze can reduce blood pressure, Science Daily reports. While you're looking forward to counting sheep, check out our top 10 ways to sleep better.

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