According to recent research by Piers Steel of the University of Calgary, about 15-20 percent of the population engage in procrastination. Steel analyzed 691 published studies on procrastination for a recent issue of the Psychological Bulletin. Steel has an entertaining presentation on procrastination here. I didn’t know that Leonardo da Read more…
I always warn my students to use their critical thinking skills when I talk about caffeine. After all, this is the person who drank an average of 20 cups of coffee per day during graduate school. My boss at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute turned me in to colleagues who were studying Read more…
With the exception of opiates (including heroin and prescription versions), individuals who commit suicide by intentionally overdosing show very similar patterns of drug use as people who commit suicide by other means, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Unfortunately, none of the thirteen states used Read more…
As most of my readers know, I am an avid Legend of Zelda fan. Needless to say, this holiday season featured an inordinate amount of time playing Twilight Princess on the Wii. I would prefer that games NOT keep track of how many hours you have played…. Our whole family Read more…
As we say good-bye to 2006 and welcome in the New Year, many people turn their attention to the tradition of making resolutions. New Year’s resolutions appear to date back to the Babylonians, who apparently were more likely to resolve to return farm equipment borrowed from others than to worry Read more…