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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Roland Gesthuizen

Roland Gesthuizen

Constant, Chronic Stress Can Make You Sick - 0 views

  • people who live in constantly stressful situations where they don't get much opportunity to escape, relax, and recharge, are also more likely to have more severe reactions to illnesses—even the common cold
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    "It shouldn't be news by now that stress, especially chronic, prolonged stress, can have negative effects on your health and well-being. .. new research shows that chronic, constant stress from things like a busy job and tense home can lead to more than just the occassional headache."
Roland Gesthuizen

Teaching self-control: Evidence-based tips - 0 views

  • What works better is praise for effort, and feedback that encourages kids to try different strategies (“Can you think of another way to do it?”)
  • Planning is an important component of self-discipline
  • Any time we ask kids to play by the rules, we’re encouraging them to develop self-control. But some games are more challenging than others.
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  • kids benefit when parents talk to them about their feelings, show empathy, and discuss constructive ways to cope
  • Experimental studies suggest we can help these kids improve their working memory skills with practice. Computer-based training programs ask kids to pay attention to new information and repeat it back.
  • music training can boost a child's ability to inhibit inappropriate responses
  • When parents are too controlling, or enforce discipline with threats and harsh punishments, kids may lose important opportunities to regulate themselves.
  • harsh parenting tactics predict child aggression and other behavior problems
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    To get along in the classroom, kids need to pay attention, follow directions, stay motivated, and control their impulses. So we might expect self-control to play an important role in academic achievement. Recent studies support the idea.
Roland Gesthuizen

Of serendipity, introverts and extroverts, social media and shooting the ambu... - 0 views

  • here’s been a lot of talk recently about introverts vs. extroverts and the fact that social media seem to stifle the participation of the not-so-socially-comfortable among us
  • blogs really do encourage slow thinking space and offer a place of choice for thinkers
  • blogging and perhaps to a lesser extent other social media interactions change the way we think and write, but I think for the better
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  • social media are all about the network you build and interact with. Regardless of its size
  • criticising social media for sidelining introverts is like shooting at the ambulance: it is targeting the channel not the person using it, it is misguided, over-simplified, not to mention the strait-jacketting it suggests, by putting all introverts and extroverts in one same bag
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    ".. there's been a lot of talk recently about introverts vs. extroverts and the fact that social media seem to stifle the participation of the not-so-socially-comfortable among us. In my sphere, it all started around a few articles on team building, creativity and introverts.."
Roland Gesthuizen

How Turning My To-Dos into a Story Boosted My Memory and Solved My Procrastination Problem - 0 views

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    What would happen if you turned your to-do list into a story as a rehearsal for the next day? Personally, it's helped me not just Get Things Done, but also boosted my memory so that I've been able to ditch complicated to-do lists and schedules for good.
Roland Gesthuizen

Build your stress fitness - Health & Wellbeing - 0 views

  • But just as physical fitness gives you greater endurance when you're running around, "stress fitness" makes you more resistant to the negative effects of excessive pressures and demands, says Sydney psychologist Sarah Edelman. And it's something we can all develop if we work at it.
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    You can't avoid stress, but there is much you can do to help build resilience to the toxic pressures of everyday life.
Roland Gesthuizen

Nine Stubborn Brain Myths That Just Won't Die, Debunked by Science - 0 views

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    The brain is a mystery we've been trying to solve for ages, and the desire to unlock its secrets has led to vast amounts of misinformation. Many of these false notions are more widely believed than the truth. We took our healthy skepticism and a bunch of brain research to find the truth behind some of the most common myths about intelligence and our brains. Here's what we learned.
Roland Gesthuizen

Free Technology for Teachers: Student Bullying Statistics Infographic - 1 views

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    "Here's a good infographic for building awareness in your school about the effects of students bullying each other. The Student Bullying infographic produced by Buckfire Law, offers statistics related to the frequency of student bullying and the effects of bullying on students."
Roland Gesthuizen

How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • So, for most of us, eight hours of sleep is excellent and six hours is no good
  • cognitive deficits: “You don’t see it the first day. But you do in five to seven days. Unless you’re doing work that doesn’t require much thought, you are trading time awake at the expense of performance.”
  • the sleep-deprived among us are lousy judges of our own sleep needs. We are not nearly as sharp as we think we are.
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    In what was the longest sleep-restriction study of its kind, Dinges and his lead author, Hans Van Dongen, assigned dozens of subjects to three different groups for their 2003 study: some slept four hours, others six hours and others, for the lucky control group, eight hours - for two weeks in the lab.
Roland Gesthuizen

The Video Game Revolution: "Eight Myths About Video Games Debunked" by Henry Jenkins | PBS - 0 views

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    "A large gap exists between the public's perception of video games and what the research actually shows. The following is an attempt to separate fact from fiction."
Roland Gesthuizen

The Power of Play | Psychology Today - 1 views

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    Most of us think of adult play as respite or indulgence, but having fun is no trivial pursuit. In fact, it's crucial to put mental creativity, health and happiness.
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