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One way to look at online social activity, via our lovely Corrine Beaumont, the Mayor of Lemonland. This model includes user profiles, tools used by each, the process of locating and sharing online resources, and the types of “flowers” online. (You’ll have to actually look at the image to sort that last bit out :) Read corrijo’s discussion of the image.
So there are apparently pills you can take to improve your cognitive performance. Sort of like steroids for your brain. They were developed for people with severe memory and concentration problems. Now healthy young college students are taking them to help boost their brain power (enhanced memory, concentration, planning abilities etc…). An article in Nature raises the ethical questions involved with the rapid advancements associated with psychology and the neurosciences. link to Nature article
I knew that yoga was the optimal instructional strategy.
In other words, body symmetry more strongly predicts intelligence than brain size, nerve conduction velocity, reaction time reliability, and a number of other measures. link via metafilter
One comment, however states that there are too many confounding variables to make a direct correlation. But hey, in educational research, we get to make all sorts of indirect assumptions about the results of pretty much any study, right?
waiting to swim
Originally uploaded by shelleylyn.
My brother and his wife did the Spudman Triathalon last week. It started with a very cold swim in the Snake River.
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Dana is bald,
originally uploaded by Dana Banana.
And so it goes- my lovely friend shaved her hair because it became too much of a pain to deal with it falling out. Chemo does have it’s side effects…
dinner of champions
Originally uploaded by shelleylyn.
I’m in love with White Castle burgers.
