If you spend just two hours in the sun doing yard work without drinking any water, your cognitive abilities will start to decline. A new study found that cognitive functions like attention, coordination and complex problem solving diminishes as the body becomes dehydrated. Researchers analyzed the data from multiple peer-reviewed...
A recent study published in Journal of Consumer Research proves that overscheduling is bad for productivity. While having a basic plan for the week can be helpful, researchers found having too many self-imposed deadlines can get in the way of deep work. Knowing you have an upcoming appointment, like a...
New research has found a few helpful tips we can use when making financial decisions. When it comes to making decisions about money, many of us go running in the opposite direction. According to science, we do this for a few reasons: because we have too many choices, we'...
It's no secret that multitasking is the best way to ensure you don't have a productive day. Going back and forth between tasks often leads to only half-completed tasks and a surefire way to heighten the stress in your life. Instead, try optimizing your task switching....
Many people will tell you that success comes with the perfect combination of talent, luck and hard work. But recent research from the University of Catania in Italy found that luck might have a lot more to do with it than you might think. Luck vs. Hard Work I grew...
The Gist A recent study, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, found that women who wrote in gratitude journals for a period of three weeks had notable changes in their brain, leading to more generous traits. This change was made in oxygen metabolism in cells in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex,...
