by Franklin Wordsmith | Jun 15, 2022 | Neuroscience, Video
Why Your Thoughts Default to the Negative and What to Do About It When you get bad news, it’s so easy to get sucked into the negative swirl. Blame your ancestors for this. It’s called negativity bias. Our brains look for — and learn best from —...
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 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...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Apr 28, 2020 | Neuroscience
What Your Brain Does to Try to Keep You Safe—and When You Need to Redirect It My friend is an outgoing, funny and wise small business owner. She also is in the high risk group for COVID-19 and hasn’t left her home for almost two months. The only exception is...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Feb 4, 2020 | Neuroscience
What Is Amygdala Hijack and What Can You Do about It? I’m one of those “get crap done” kind of people. Show me a problem: I figure out the alternatives, usually find the best ones and make solid suggestions. There are times when none of this is...
