Enhance Your Resilience
Scientists have compiled evidence-based tactics for building resilience. Among them: rethink adversity, forge close friendships and tackle novel challenges
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Your Fertile Brain at Work
Scientists have mapped the innovative mind so that we can remake our own in its image
Take That Vacation: Why Time Off Makes You a Better Worker
A wealth of psychological research shows that mental downtime is vital for productivity and health. Some progressive companies are finally starting to listen
Metacognition Is the Forgotten Secret to Success
Insight into our own thoughts, or metacognition, is key to high achievement in all domains
Self-Control: The Secret to Life's Successes
Self-control is not just a puritanical virtue. It is a key psychological trait that breeds success at work and play—and in overcoming life's hardships
Control Your Feelings in 5 Stages
Learning to regulate powerful emotions can enhance physical and mental well-being
The Self-Compassion Solution
Building on a Buddhist principle, psychologists are learning how being kind to yourself can bolster resilience, buffer against stress and improve relationships
Mindfulness Can Improve Your Attention and Health
A focus on the present, dubbed “mindfulness,” can make you happier and healthier. Training to deepen your immersion in the moment works by improving attention
The Happy Couple: Secrets to a Long Marriage
The key to keeping the magic alive in a marriage, experts say, is finding ways to promote the positive
Openness to Experience: The Gates of the Mind
People who are “open to experience” literally see the world differently
New Pleasure Circuit Found in the Brain
A new understanding of how the brain generates pleasure could lead to better treatment of addiction and depression—and even to a new science of happiness
Researchers Explain Why Exercise Works Magic
Being active is good for us for many reasons beyond the old familiar ones
Beyond Memory: The Benefits of Sleep
Your nightly rest turns out to affect your mind and health more than anyone suspected
Neuroscience Reveals the Secrets of Meditation's Benefits
Contemplative practices that extend back thousands of years show a multitude of benefits for both body and mind
The Best Diet for Your Brain
The field of nutritional psychiatry is taking off as scientists home in on the ingredients for good mental health and cognitive staying power
By Land or by Sea: How Did Early Humans Access Key Brain-Building Nutrients?
Experts debate the origins of fatty acids in our ancestors’ diets
A Rare Success against Alzheimer's
A gold-standard clinical trial provides evidence that diet, exercise and an active social life can help prevent cognitive decline
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