To Connect or Disconnect?

Don’t let your tech toys trick you into working from home. “The increased productivity associated with staying connected to work in the evening hours is often achieved at the cost of mental health, yielding higher stress levels which may lead to poor recovery, impaired performance, fatigue, and sleep complaints.” … unless that connection makes you less […]

30 Years Later: How Social Are We?

Are we talking to each other? Are we lonely? How do we use phones in public spaces? Researchers decided to find out by comparing current public interactions to a study done 30 years earlier, and the findings are surprising: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/magazine/technology-is-not-driving-us-apart-after-all.html?_r=0 Google+: View post on Google+

Awe-Yeah

New research shows that experiencing awe can change your sense of time, boost well-being and impact your decisions.  Make Time For Awe:  http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/make-time-for-awe/282245/ APS press release about the research:  http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/being-in-awe-can-expand-time-and-enhance-well-being.html Awe-Yeah New research shows that experiencing awe can change your sense of time, boost well-being and impact your decisions. Make Time For Awe:  http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/make-time-for-awe/282245/ APS […]

Better Cities Through Data?

Predictions on how the city will help you live in it with citizen involvement, social feedback, and data. http://ibm.co/19krtC7 Great ideas, but up here in the rainforest we'll skip changing schedules for rain. Better Cities Through Data? Predictions on how the city will help you live in it with citizen involvement, social feedback, and data. […]

Emotional Arcade

This project by a filmmaker pits regular people in a competition to experience emotions as strongly as they can, while monitoring their brain activity. http://mashable.com/2014/01/05/emotional-arcade/#:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfbzdyc3ViNGRpdTk5YXNveWhwc3VwXyJ9 Emotional Arcade This project by a filmmaker pits regular people in a competition to experience emotions as strongly as they can, while monitoring their brain activity. http://mashable.com/2014/01/05/emotional-arcade/#:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfbzdyc3ViNGRpdTk5YXNveWhwc3VwXyJ9 Google+: View post […]

Virtual Nature Gazing

Nature gazing is good for your psychological well-being. I am lucky to be able to look out my window any time I need a burst of natural beauty. But even from offices or cities with few trees, you can reap the benefits of "nearby nature" digitally. Embedded Link Gazing at Virtual Nature Is Good for […]