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    This is how your brain focuses and learns new tasks
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 6

    This is how your brain focuses and learns new tasks

    Neuroscientists have unlocked the mechanisms behind performance monitoring, which gives people the ability to learn from their successes.
    How to reduce loneliness: Meaningful activities can improve health, well-being
    Joshua Shavit
    • Apr 19

    How to reduce loneliness: Meaningful activities can improve health, well-being

    Free time is sometimes idealized, but research shows free time can sometimes be unhealthy by increasing loneliness.
    Physical activity may protect your brain as you age
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 10

    Physical activity may protect your brain as you age

    New research from UGA shows every extra step counts when it comes to protecting the brain from the harmful effects of aging.
    Taking it easy as you get older is a bad idea according to Harvard researchers
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 25, 2021

    Taking it easy as you get older is a bad idea according to Harvard researchers

    Humans, who evolved to live many decades after they stopped reproducing, also evolved to be relatively active in their later years.
    Goldilocks Day Calculator helps parents manage their child's activity levels
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 3, 2021

    Goldilocks Day Calculator helps parents manage their child's activity levels

    When it comes to children’s time – school time, exercise, downtime, and sleep – generic guidelines can only do so much.

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