Researchers Say Daydreaming Aids High Function Brain Activity
A recently released study says that daydreaming may actually be beneficial to high-level brain activity. WAMC’s Melissa Bunning reports. Contrary to popular belief, our brains are functioning at higher...
View ArticleJulia Soto Lebentritt on the lullaby and elder care
WAMC's Alan Chartock speaks with Julia Soto Lebentritt, an eldercare case manager, bereavement facilitator and therapeutic activities director. Lebentritt, the owner of Spontaneous Care Communications,...
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"Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes" by Maria Konnikova
No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these...
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"On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes" by Alexandra Horowitz
Alexandra Horowitz joins us this morning to talk about her new book, On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes, which shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinary—to practice, as Sir Arthur...
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"Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing" with Po Bronson
What are the differences between a winning and losing performance? Why are we able to rise to the challenge one day, but wilt from it the next? Can we in fact become better competitors? In Top Dog:...
View ArticleBest of 2013 - Non-Fiction - Simon Winchester's "The Man With The Electrified...
Simon Winchester has never shied away from big, even enormous, topics—as evidenced by his bestselling biography of the Atlantic Ocean, his account of the Krakatoa volcanic eruption, and his wildly...
View ArticleTurning Good Intentions Into Positive Results
Of the ten million bits of information our brains process each second, only fifty bits are devoted to conscious thought. Because our brains are wired to be inattentive, we often choose without...
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