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Dopamine Motivates Human Intelligence: Science Finds The Origin Of Awesome In Strange Location Of Happiness Brain-Cells

Filed Under: Mind/Brain

Dopamine Motivates Human Intelligence: Science Finds The Origin Of Awesome In Strange Location Of Happiness Brain-Cells
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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!:
Ok, so some human intelligence researchers at Yale were minding their own business one day comparing our brains to monkeys.

They were trying to figure out what makes ours so great; since primates are so close to us.

And what they found was a bit of a surprise.

You see, many of the 180+ parts of our brains do very different things,

But Science is also finding increasingly-specific and weird bits inside those regions, and it surprises them every time, especially this one…

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Video: Learn New Things Faster & Study More Effectively With Brain Hacks From ASAPScience

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Video

Video: Learn New Things Faster & Study More Effectively With Brain Hacks From ASAPScience


[Keanu voice] Whoooaa…I Know Kung-Fu!:
At one time in our lives, we’ve all wanted or needed to learn something new.

Whether it was a requirement or just the pursuit of a great hobby, sometimes it can seem to go a bit too slow as our brains readjust.

And though geniuses like Carol Dweck and Elizabeth Gould would tell you that is the time you are actually re-making your brain & getting smarter,

We all need a little shortcut to get to the fun part sooner.

And so in this video, ASAP does their part to add something to mega-lists like the one by OEDB…

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Baby We Were Born To Run! How Cardio Exercise Clears Your Head And Does The Impossible

Filed Under: Exercise, Mind/Brain

Baby We Were Born To Run! How Cardio Exercise Clears Your Head And Does The Impossible
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1) Metaphysical Exercise:
So for 2,500+ years, athletes, folk-scientists, bro-scientists, and real scientists have extolled the virtues of exercise.

Even Dr. Mike showed that 30 minutes a day helped -Everything-.

But a bizarre subculture of cardio-focused exercisers called “Runners”, have always claimed odd mental benefits along with the physical ones.

Things like Zen/Meditation, a type of Buzz, & greater Clarity of Thought afterward.

So science decided to investigate these old wives’ tales, and may have discovered evidence instead of myth…

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Video: Mental Floss’s John Green Busts Out 25 Reps Of Fitness Facts! + BONUS 10!

Filed Under: Exercise, Video, Weight/Fat Loss

Video: Mental Floss’s John Green Busts Out 25 Reps Of Fitness Facts! + BONUS 10!


Pump-Up Your Chances Of Success With Fitness Knowledge!:
Prepping-up to get back in-shape after some yearly-reflection? Well you’re in luck.

Earlier, John Green put out a video on the why of High US Healthcare-Costs that is absolutely Must-See.

Now he’s back over at Mental Floss with another great list-show.

And checking out this list of facts about exercise just might give you that extra information-push to better reach your goals…

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All You Need Is Love! Snuggle-Hormone Does Something Interesting For Your Brain, Man…

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

All You Need Is Love! Snuggle-Hormone Does Something Interesting For Your Brain, Man…
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Love, Actually Is A Brain Chemical:
A lot of recent research has been focused on brain-building through nootropics/supplements and special meditation.

Both have shown some interesting and unexpected results, especially on improvement in quality of life.

As researchers of all kinds try to improve that life-experience from Gilgamesh, to R.W. Emerson, to Eckhart Tolle, new & old ideas get discovered & re-discovered.

And one of them is an out-of-the-way chemical scientists thought restricted to basic-cable reruns of “Love Actually”…

(come on, admit it, you watch that over the holidays too.)

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Video: DNews Asks Which Creativity Drug Works Best. -Alcohol Or Marijuana?

Filed Under: Mind/Brain, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll, Video, Vitamins/Supplements

Video: DNews Asks Which Creativity Drug Works Best. -Alcohol Or Marijuana?


How To Optimize Free Creative Output:
Since some super-creative people have taken different psychoactives to help them work better, there has been a long debate about which is more effective.

And in this video, DNews looks into two of them. Marijuana and Alcohol.

It would seem at first that many writers tend to favor Alcohol, with guys like Fitzgerald, Hemingway, & Twain being on that list.

But on the other hand, many other artistic folk seem to favor Marijuana. To name a few of them: Carl Sagan, Alexandre Dumas, and Salvador Dali.

So which is the best “supplement” for creativity-boostage?…

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Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!

Filed Under: Better Living Through Chemistry, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Vitamins/Supplements

Now We Know Why Vegetarians Sound So Dumb & Dizzy. It’s Because Creatine Boosts All Different Kinds Of Brain POWAH!
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Not All Substitutes Are Equal:
All cheekiness aside, we just did a post on the sexy people over at Eater’s test of the newest vegetable-only burger, by Impossible Foods.

But one of the ideas we raised at the end was: Maybe it tastes close now, maybe even identical in the future,

-But does it give you the same-or-better Nutrition when you take everything into consideration?

Well, one of Red Meat’s components is a salt called Creatine. And sciency-researchers are finding out some very interesting brain-stuff about its new best friend…

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The World’s Favorite Superfood Looks Like It Might Have Yet Another Benefit. -Brainpower!

Filed Under: Aging, Mind/Brain, Nutrition, Sex, Meds, Rock n Roll

The World’s Favorite Superfood Looks Like It Might Have Yet Another Benefit. -Brainpower!
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Let Food Be Your Medicine…:
More good news, my little easter bunnies! Yet another excuse to eat the world’s most popular sweet; as if you needed one.

So, our nutritional-research Hero Dr. Georgie Crichton & her intrepid team went back and examined a study called the MSLS on what people ate and drank over time.

And they found an interesting correlation between food and smarts.

One that worked -even after- factoring out many confounding variables…

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Note: For informational purposes only. Should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis or substitute for professional care.