Tag: Self-Awareness

  • Nation & World

    It’s not easy being your brain

    Stephen Fleming, author of “Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness,” explains the importance of “thinking about thinking.”

    4 minutes
    Illustration of a brain with information pouring in.
  • Nation & World

    Eight weeks to a better brain

    Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital find that participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress.

    4 minutes
    Meditator
  • Nation & World

    Building a better brain

    New book chronicles how the mind works and how we can influence that to help ourselves succeed.

    3 minutes