Is There a Sensitivity in the Mind?

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The study was by antonio de masio. The participants were asked to turn over cards from the various decks in such a way hat they would maximize their rewards and minimized their penalties. And as they began turning over cards, choosing this deck or that deck, you know, the penalties and the rewards starteded to pile up,. But i in a very complex pattern that was not apparent to people in a conscious way. Later research showed that people who are more interreceptively attuned, as we've been saying about the financial traders, were quicker to catch on to the composition of these decks. That suggests again, that those who are moreInterreceptivelyattuned are able

Modern life has not been easy on our brains. Average IQ scores rose steadily throughout the last century. Now they appear to be leveling off. The problem, according to neuroscientists, may be that we have reached our neurobiological limits. Our brains simply can’t work any harder. Luckily, science writer Annie Murphy Paul has a solution. In her bold new book, “The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain,” she draws on a wealth of scientific research to show that we’re smarter when we get out of our heads. By offloading our memories onto our phones, making decisions based on our bodily sensations, using tactile tools to solve abstract problems, drawing inspiration from our surroundings, and arguing with our friends, we can access intelligence that exists beyond the confines of our craniums. In this episode, Annie explains how to do it.