Brain News 012: 19 Strategies of Willpower, Stress Trick, Facebook Impairs Decision-Making, and more
Study links and timestamps:
00:33 Creativity during mindwandering
When the Muses Strike: Creative Ideas of Physicists and Writers Routinely Occur During Mind Wandering https://journals.sag...956797618820626
02:53 A new way to avoid chocking under pressure: imagine you have the prize
Reappraisal of incentives ameliorates choking under pressure and is correlated with changes in the neural representations of incentives https://academic.oup...14/1/13/5210274
05:59 Wisdom favors Yoda over Spock
Wise reasoning benefits from emodiversity, irrespective of emotional intensity. https://psycnet.apa....1037/xge0000543
07:51 The most effective mental strategies that people use to go through challenges
Doing Despite Disliking: Self‐regulatory Strategies in Everyday Aversive Activities https://onlinelibrar...0.1002/per.2182
Strategies table: https://imgur.com/a/1ov3T1B
12:48 Immediately re-watching lecture videos doesn't benefit learning
Re-watching lectures as a study strategy and its effect on mind wandering. https://psycnet.apa....18-3169/a000412
15:50 Positive psychology 4min-writing exercise
Do self-administered positive psychology exercises work in persons in recovery from problematic substance use? An online randomized survey https://www.journalo...0334-9/fulltext
"Rose, Thorn, Bud" image: https://e7n7r7a7.sta...oseThornBud.png
A Mindful Way to Reflect: "Rose, Thorn, and Bud" https://www.mindfuls...ful-reflection/
18:36 When facing stress, imagine your romantic partner present with you
The impact of physical proximity and attachment working models on cardiovascular reactivity: Comparing mental activation and romantic partner presence https://onlinelibrar...1111/psyp.13324
20:22 Facebook impairs decision-making
Excessive social media users demonstrate impaired decision making in the Iowa Gambling Task https://akademiai.co...2006.7.2018.138
Development of a Facebook Addiction Scale https://journals.sag...0.110.2.501-517
23:17 Positive social media interactions don't make us feel more connected
Positive and Negative Experiences on Social Media and Perceived Social Isolation https://journals.sag...890117118824196
23:45 Screen time at bedtime in dark room worsen sleep quality by 147% in pre-teens
Night-time screen-based media device use and adolescents' sleep and health-related quality of life https://www.scienced...160412018312418
25:50 Living close to roadway associated with high rates of depression
Close proximity to roadway and urbanicity associated with mental ill-health in older adults https://www.scienced...048969718350848
Edited by spinola, 23 February 2019 - 07:54 AM.
