by Franklin Wordsmith | Nov 26, 2019 | Neuroscience
Have you ever sat at your desk, felt “mentally dry,” and decided to push through this until you completed the task at hand? Me, too.Sometimes that need to cross things off your to do list can get stronger than your desire to come up with the best ideas.But...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Apr 29, 2015 | Neuroscience
In high school, a teacher had us do two-hour in-class themes. We read a book in advance and had two hours to handwrite a long essay in response to a question she posed – using solid reasoning and quotes from the book. There was a pendulum schoolhouse clock in the...