Improving Your Brain

Have you ever noticed that there are some people who just seem to lead a charmed life? They seem to fit in effortlessly with all manner of crowds, always knowing how to say the right thing at the ...

Some people are just good at exams. This can be an invaluable asset in school, university and many careers. But their IQ isn't necessarily particularly high. Their contemporaries may be a lot ...

Interviews take many forms. Employers interview job candidates, police interview suspects, journalists interview celebrities and doctors interview patients. Often interviewer and interviewee have ...

IQ tests have been around for about 100 years. The results usually correlate well with success in Western society, but there is debate over whether they really measure intelligence and whether they ...

In the 5th century BCE, a Greek named Simonides had to leave a banquet early. After he left, an earthquake destroyed the banquet hall, and everyone there was killed. Although the bodies were ...

In our busy modern world multi-tasking is a goal for many, and for others a necessity. But in recent years, there's been a growing realization that in fact quite the reverse may be the road to ...

Revision Technique In almost all examination situations, your chances of success are very largely determined by how well you've revised. There are always a few annoying individuals who claim ...

It's hard to function properly when you're sleep deprived. Any parent of young children or junior doctor will testify to that. Most will also find themselves feeling more emotional and less able ...

Speed Reading A man named Kim Peek is probably the fastest documented speed reader in the world. He can read over 10,000 words a minute, with 98% retention, and he does it by skimming two ...

In 2005, a team of Dutch psychologists gave a questionnaire to university students, then offered them a crumbly biscuit snack afterwards. When students were placed in a room with a bucket of ...

The human eye is capable of perceiving light wavelengths ranging from 400 to 700 nanometers. When light rays within this spectrum falls on our retinas (the light sensitive cells in the back of ...

What Is Family Therapy? In 1873 Tolstoy wrote that "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way". Similar sentiments led to the founding of family therapy about ...