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ENGAGE THEIR BRAINS - 5 LESSONS FROM THE MOST MIND-EXPANDING MEETING AROUND - TED

Posted October 25th, 2011 by ruudwjanssen
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TED_5_things_cover_small.jpg (71.67 KB) TED, an annual not for profit conference around Technology, Entertainment (Education) and Design. It is all about bringing together inspiring thinkers from around the world. It's core objective is to share Ideas worth Spreading. Its commitment has been to seek out amazing, interesting people and “let them communicate what they are passionate about, untainted by corporate influence”. You may know TED via its Youtube speaker videos, which are routinely passed around.

Tactile Sensations Influence Social Judgements and Decisions

Posted June 28th, 2010 by parbuckle
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ScienceDaily (June 25, 2010) — Psychologists report in the journal Science that interpersonal interactions can be shaped, profoundly yet unconsciously, by the physical attributes of incidental objects: Resumes reviewed on a heavy clipboard are judged to be more substantive, while a negotiator seated in a soft chair is less likely to drive a hard bargain.

Spending Time in Nature Makes People Feel More Alive

Posted June 6th, 2010 by parbuckle
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ScienceDaily (June 4, 2010) — Feeling sluggish? The solution may require getting outside the box -- that big brick-and-mortar box called a building.

Being outside in nature makes people feel more alive, finds a series of studies published in the June 2010 issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology. And that sense of increased vitality exists above and beyond the energizing effects of physical activity and social interaction that are often associated with our forays into the natural world, the studies show.

Surprise! Neural Mechanism May Underlie an Enhanced Memory for the Unexpected

Posted March 1st, 2010 by parbuckle
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 25, 2010) — The human brain excels at using past experiences to make predictions about the future. However, the world around us is constantly changing, and new events often violate our logical expectations. "We know these unexpected events are more likely to be remembered than predictable events, but the underlying neural mechanisms for these effects remain unclear," says lead researcher, Dr. Nikolai Axmacher, from the University of Bonn in Germany.

Learn more on an empty stomach?

Posted September 14th, 2008 by maarten.vannest...
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Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine discovered in 2006 that Gherline, a hormone secreted by an empty stomach not just triggers the hunger signal to the brain. In Mice (plural of mouse, nit as in MICE industry) that hormone also resulted in better learning and remembering.  This makes sense: when you are hungry, as an animal, you go look for food, and it is crucial that you are able to remember where there is food to e found. If you don’t, you die; natural selection.

Monitor on Psychology

Posted March 28th, 2008 by administrator
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Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 148,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.

Psychologie magazine

Posted March 28th, 2008 by administrator
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www.psychologiemagazine.nl

This Dutch monthly magazine has, in every issue, 4 to 10 topics that are applicable in meeting architecture.

Tips for innovative Meetings and Events (T.I.M.E.) (USA)

Posted February 25th, 2008 by administrator
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Sue Tinnish writes a monthly e-newsletter. Her June issue about Visual Communication has a lot of interesting information and can be used by Meeting architects.

Vision (UK)

Posted February 25th, 2008 by administrator
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Future Lab’s bi-annual magazine offers possible visions of the future of learning with digital technologies and other innovative resources. This magazine focuses on education, but most of the information can be used in meetings. You just have to replace the word student by delegate and teacher by meeting planner.
 

Monitor on Psychology

Posted February 25th, 2008 by administrator
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Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 148,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.
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