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Stumbling On Happiness

Dan Gilberts’ talk at TED on Happiness.

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Feynman – The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Richard Feynman is one of this groups’ favorite poeple, a true genius of our times. Here is an opportunity to watch this man in action and decide for yourself

Can the Brain Be Rebooted to Stop Drug Addiction?

If you are a regular on our podcasts/blog, then this is an article that would perhaps be of interest to you
Can the Brain Be Rebooted to Stop Drug Addiction?: Scientific American

Scientists for the first time have identified long-term changes in mice brains that may shed light on why addicts get hooked on drugs—in this case methamphetamines—and have such a tough time kicking the habit. The findings, reported in the journal Neuron, could set the stage for new ways to block cravings—and help addicts dry out.

Researchers, using fluorescent tracer dye, discovered that mice given methamphetamines for 10 days (roughly equivalent to a human using it for two years) had suppressed activity in a certain area of their brains. Much to their surprise, normal function did not return even when the drug was stopped, but did when they administered a single dose of it again after the mice had been in withdrawal.

Study co-author Nigel Bamford, a pediatric neurologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, says that if similar changes occur in humans, it will indicate that an effective way to fight addiction may be to design therapies that target the affected area—the striatum, a forebrain region that controls movement but also has been linked to habit-forming behavior.

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Happiness Is An Inside Job

ABSTRACT
If happiness is an inner state, influenced by external conditions but
not dependent on them, how can we achieve it? Ricard will examine the
inner and outer factors that increase or diminish our sense of
well-being, dissect the underlying mechanisms of happiness, and lead us
to a way of looking at the mind itself based on his book, Happiness: A
Guide to Life’s Most Important Skill and from the research in
neuroscience on the effect of mind-training on the brain.
Speaker Bio: Matthieu Ricard, a gifted scientist turned Buddhist monk,
is a best selling author, translator, and photographer. He has lived
and studied in the Himalayas for the last 35 years where he currently
works on humanitarian projects. He is an active participant in the
current scientific research on meditation and the brain.

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Neuromarketing is here

Well when brain science meets marketing the level of persuasion changes A LOT. knowing about it is essential in order to use it and defend against it.

frontline: the persuaders: neuromarketing | PBS

neuromarketing: is it coming to a lab near you? by Mary Carmichael

For an ad campaign that started a revolution in marketing, the Pepsi Challenge TV spots of the 1970s and ’80s were almost absurdly simple. Little more than a series of blind taste tests, these ads showed people being asked to choose between Pepsi and Coke without knowing which one they were consuming. Not surprisingly, given the sponsor, Pepsi was usually the winner.

Mary Carmichael is a FRONTLINE web associate producer.

But 30 years after the commercials debuted, neuroscientist Read Montague was still thinking about them. Something didn’t make sense. If people preferred the taste of Pepsi, the drink should have dominated the market. It didn’t. So in the summer of 2003, Montague gave himself a ‘Pepsi Challenge’ of a different sort: to figure out why people would buy a product they didn’t particularly like.

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The Art of Complex Problem Solving

A cool and interesting ideagram as to how one can solve complex problems. Its a good model/modeling session of how to solve big problems and move towards solutions

The Art of Complex Problem Solving

Check this out

beautiful way to see 4 millions years of becoming Human as we are today

Becoming Human: Paleoanthropology, Evolution and Human Origins

Keeping Your Brain Fit _ US News and World Report

Keeping Your Brain Fit – U.S. News & World Report (usnews.com)

You might be interested in checking the latest issue on US News. Would be interesting to hear what you think about the articles from this MSM (Mainstream Media) provider

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A Two year old demonstrates what is possible…

She is two years old and could put many people if not most people to shame with her brilliance. Check it out, this is what is possible – if we allow our children to truly come alive and embrace the wisdom they already are

http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=4023

Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes

Why do people succeed? Because they’re smart? Or lucky? How about: Neither. Richard St. John compacts more than a decade of research into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success. (Hint: Passion, persistence, and pushy mothers help.) Inspired by a chance encounter with a high school student who asked him how to become a success, St. John interviewed more than 500 successful people, then distilled what they told him into eight simple principles.