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Your Smartphone Is Making You Less Smart
If you’re like most people, your smartphone is probably within reach pretty much all of the time. But new research from the University of Texas at Austin suggests you might want to rethink that habit.
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Internet Searching Might Make People Feel Smarter Than They Actually Are
Google makes it easy to pull up just about any information that’s available, but some psychological researchers think it comes with a cost. The “Google effect,” as one team dubbed it, is our tendency to forget information that can be easily looked up. Now a new study adds a new layer to the question of what effects our endless Google-searching might have on us: There’s a chance it’s making us overconfident about stuff we don’t know as well.
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10 Daily Habits Of Successful, Intelligent People
Photo Credit: iStock By Brenda Della Casa There are some who believe that successful people spend their weekends working overtime, but you’d be mistaken to equate success with a workaholic mindset. According to Laura Vanderkam, author of What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend, successful people value the importance of productive relaxation, which allows them to recharge and reconnect with themselves and their goals.
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Yes, Video Games Can Make You Smarter — Depending On What Type You Play
To anyone whose parents ever made them shut off Grand Theft Auto (or Crash Bandicoot or Spyro, for those of us who liked our games a bit lighter) and “go the heck outside,” we feel your pain, and we’re here to tell you: You were right all along. New research shows that video games don’t actually melt your brain like we were led to believe as children. In fact, they can have serious cognitive benefits — provided you play the right kind. Related: 30 Photos Of Unretouched Butts, In Case You Forgot
