by Franklin Wordsmith | Dec 15, 2020 | Neuroscience
The email subject line read, “A Gift Has Been Purchased for You” followed by “This is Rachel from Stella on Central Street. A Secret Santa purchased a gift for you. Your Secret Santa asked me to email you to find out a good time to deliver it. Please let me know.” ...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Dec 1, 2020 | Neuroscience
Here Are the Benefits to Your Brain — and the Brains of Everyone Who Sees You This is a scary statistic. Children smile an average of 400 times a day. (Ultrasounds show they also smile in the womb.) Adults who are known to smile a lot do this about 40 to 50...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Nov 24, 2020 | Culture, Neuroscience
Why Our Brains Hate This “I’ve got a few minutes,” said my boss, the VP of Communications. “Why don’t you come into my office and we’ll do your first annual performance appraisal interview.” It was a statement, not a question. The Performance Review Ambush I hadn’t...
by Tech Mediavine | Oct 5, 2020 | Leadership, Neuroscience, Persuasion, Storytelling, Video
Give Up on Getting It “Right” and Be More Human I thought I’d already learned my lesson. My goal was to do a virtual training on practice development techniques for a law firm’s associates. I’d record that and have some proof that I know how to do online learning...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Sep 1, 2020 | Neuroscience
Your Memory IS Playing Tricks on You! When we were kids, my older brother Mark used to say, “You have a great memory. You remember things that never happened!” I used to bristle—and protest—over this. It turns out he was right. Our Flexible Memories It’s called “the...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Aug 11, 2020 | Neuroscience, Video
How This Alters Your Brain Chemistry and Structure It turns out my mom was right. Like any teenager, I used to get upset. Not doing as well on a test as I wished I had. My boyfriend moving out of state to go to college. Not being able to go out with my friends because...
