How well can you read faces?

How well can you read faces?

When you look at someone Can you tell what they are thinking? Or feeling?   And does it matter? YES! Recognizing how others are reacting is the first big step in getting along with others. And that matters, doesn’t it? Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of The...
How Much Practice Do I Need?

How Much Practice Do I Need?

The answer to this is a surprise! Joan and Mary spent exactly the same amount of time practising their memory exercises. 20 minutes a day, broken up into 5 minute bits.   But Joan ended up with a higher rate of improvement than Mary. WHY? Because what’s important...
How Music Makes You Spend.

How Music Makes You Spend.

The magic of the music seems to light the way. JOHN LENNON, Intuition It mightn’t be Lennon’s music that ‘lights your way’ but there is a 99% chance that some sequence of musical sounds will. Music is right up there with sex and eating as one of life’s greatest...
What is your body saying?

What is your body saying?

No mistaking how THIS man’s feeling! But more often than not we try to hide feelings … BUT It doesn’t matter what you SAY Your body will give you away every time! The trick of it, of course, once you know what the signs are, is to avoid the signals...
Brain Games on Robots

Brain Games on Robots

Have you talked with a robot lately? That’s just what seniors in Gore, New Zealand are doing. And they are playing Memory games on their iRobi’s, too. These amazing little desktop robots help seniors remember to take their medication, check blood pressure...