The field of metascience has gained increasing momentum in recent years as concerns about research reproducibility have fueled a larger vision of how the lens of science can be directed toward the scientific process itself. Metascience, also known as metaresearch or the science of science, attempts to use quantifiable scientific methods to elucidate how science works and why it sometimes fails.

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Take a moment to be present in the moment.

Daydreaming about an interesting idea can yield creative insights, a process Jonathan Schooler calls mind-wondering, rather than mind-wandering.

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A powerful determinant of self-regulation—our ability to do the things we know we should do—is how we interpret effort.

A new theory of consciousness

Dr. Michael Mrazek and the CMHP Mindful Education Initiative were featured in the latest Time Magazine special edition: The New Mindfulness

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"Mrazek and his team are developing an online program using mindfulness practices to increase academic achievement in high schoolers. 

Aha! moments of inspiration seem to come from nowhere – but the counterintuitive key to a creative brain is to defocus your thoughts

Keep your mind from 'zoning out' on the road

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Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real

Which means science is broken.

Comfortably Dumb: If the Car Is Doing the Driving, Will Anybody Be Doing the Thinking?

No. 1: Because sometimes your brain just needs a damn break.

The Current

The search to understand where great ideas come from.

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New research debunks the belief that when we have a lot of things we want to change, we should take it one step at a time.

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Therapists now have the ability to track their patients’ progress between therapy visits with Mobile Therapy, a recently launched web-based dashboard and mobile application, one researcher told Healio.com/Psychiatry.

Bridging the Gaps

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A study found that people prefer electric shocks to time alone with their thoughts.

In the rush of everyday life, many people say they crave a moment of solitude, but a startling new study finds that people don’t really enjoy spending even 10 minutes alone with their thoughts.

If you find yourself in a creative slump, scientists have a suggestion: Take a walk.

People generate more creative ideas when they walk than when they sit, according to new research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition.

Neuroethics at the Core: The Blog of the National Core of Neuroethics

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