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Trying Harder Increases Cognitive Effort and Enhances Memory

Neurobiology shows us that there is joy in effort and that hard cognitive effort really does make stronger memories.

A Martial Arts Mindset Can Bring Clarity to Daily Life

Personal Perspective: Martial arts training can help us be ready mentally to respond appropriately, and yet never take action just for the sake of taking action.

Motor Programming and Martial Arts on the Autism Spectrum

Altered comparison between what is intended and what occurs affects sensorimotor stability on the autism spectrum may benefit from martial arts training.

Sorry, but Science Says You Should Not Sleep In on Weekends

Sleeping in leads to cascades of negative effects that can interfere with cardiac and metabolic health and body weight regulation.

Keeping Things the Same Requires Making Changes

Your aging brain knows how to match the function of the other bits of your body. We just have to alter how we do things to match the conditions across the lifespan.

If You Want the Flow You Have to Let It Go

Peak creative performance requires extensive training and getting out of your way.

Finding Your Way Back by Remembering How You Got There

Finding forgotten items by going back into the same rooms and retracing all your steps using brain networks may help with memory retrieval in Alzheimer's.

When a Punch to the Face Becomes a Helping Hand

Training methodologies embedded in martial arts can benefit self-cultivation, self-defense, and therapeutic rehabilitation.

Your Brain Is Bad at Doing Everything Everywhere All at Once

Your brain is not a web browser. Leaving all the tabs open is going to cause problems.

Your Brain Uses Experience to Determine if It's Worth It

Take the plunge into something new. Sometimes just doing it now is the only way to find out if we'll still want to do it in the future.