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Mindful Education Initiative featured in Time Magazine

September 10, 2018

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

An excerpt from the article:

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

Cultivate your Unconscious Article

July 28, 2018

Article with quotes from an interview with Dr. Schooler

How to hack your unconscious… to find your inner creativity

July 25, 2018

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

The Meaning (and Science) Behind Those Life-Changing, Transformational Aha Moments

April 22, 2018

You can’t will yourself to a breakthrough insight. But by following a hunch,  you can absolutely improve your odds.

Keep your mind from 'zoning out' on the road

September 18, 2017

Keep your mind from 'zoning out' on the road

Meaningfulness and happiness – are they the same thing?

July 26, 2017

At first glance, you might think happiness and a sense of meaningfulness in life go hand in hand. However, numerous studies challenge this assumption – and some even suggest it’s rare for the two to co-exist.

(What Would Warhol Say?) Jonathan Schooler: The Science of Imagination

July 20, 2017

Huffington Post

Writer's block? Happiness research says this could be the key to creativity

May 22, 2017

From Vincent Van Gogh on through Kanye West, the figure of the broody, tortured artist looms large in the popular imagination. But research suggests that the key to creativity has little to do with angst. In researching my book The Happiness Track, I found that the biggest breakthrough ideas often come from relaxation.

Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real Which means science is broken.

May 17, 2017

Daryl Bem Proved ESP Is Real

Which means science is broken.

The Worst Part of Keeping a Secret

May 15, 2017

It’s not that stressful to hide something from people, but it is stressful to think about it all the time.

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

April 27, 2017

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

Why It's Important to Schedule More Downtime for Your Brain

March 15, 2017

No smartphone, no Netflix, no laptop—and we mean it

Why It's Important to Schedule More Downtime for Your Brain

March 15, 2017

Shape magazine

Why Wasting Time On Useless Stuff Is Important to Your Health

December 22, 2016

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

Social Science Is Busted. But the NIH Has a Plan that Could Fix It

November 23, 2016

Wired

Centered Minds

July 13, 2016

The Current

Stuck on a Problem? Let Your Mind Wander

July 01, 2016

There’s a reason some people say they get their best ideas when they’re running. A new study from researchers at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and published in the journal Psychological Science, suggests that a clear mind—free of too much chatter—is a more creative one.

The Eureka Factor

June 27, 2016

The search to understand where great ideas come from.

There’s No Such Thing as Free Will

May 16, 2016

But we’re better off believing in it anyway.

Out with the old

May 12, 2016

New York Times

When Daydreaming Becomes a Problem

May 09, 2016

The Wall Street Journal

Real Change May Come in Bunches

March 28, 2016

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.

There’s a scientific reason New Year’s Eve is generally terrible

December 31, 2015

The Washington Post

Advancing Creativity with Cutting-Edge Research

November 23, 2015

UC Santa Barbara Annual Reports

Is your attention span normal?

September 30, 2015

New Scientist Article

Aha! I've got it!

July 12, 2015

Drexel professor’s new book reveals the science behind those “eureka” moments

Want To Be More Creative? Your Personality May Hold The Key

June 30, 2015

fastcodesign

Daydream believer: Is a wandering mind a creative mind?

April 01, 2015

CNN

Mobile Therapy system monitors patients' progress, improves practice management

January 30, 2015

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.

John Tierney: Just be yourself, the advice goes, but how can we try not to try?

January 02, 2015

The advice is as maddening as it is inescapable. It’s the default prescription for any tense situation: a blind date, a speech, a job interview, the first dinner with the potential in-laws. Relax. Act natural. Just be yourself.

Meta-awareness and Mind Wandering: Interview with Dr. Jonathan Schooler

January 01, 2015

Bridging the Gaps

How much do we think about thinking? Science of Meta-awareness and Mind-wandering

December 26, 2014

Bridging the Gaps

The Hazards of Going on Auto-Pilot

September 04, 2014

The New Yorker

The Best-Kept Secrets to Exceptional Productivity

August 04, 2014

Huffington Post

People prefer electric shocks to time alone with thoughts

July 03, 2014

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.

Minimizing Belief in Free Will May Lessen Support for Criminal Punishment

June 17, 2014

Exposure to information that diminishes free will, including brain-based accounts of behavior, seems to decrease people's support for retributive punishment

Study: Walking boosts creativity

May 03, 2014

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.

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