As I write this now, I’m wearing a headset that is tuned in to a 30 minute MP3 with the title of Inspire. No, it’s not a painfully long Justin Bieber B-side. I’m actually listening to binaural beats, a controversial brainwave entrainment technique that has been labelled a ‘dangerous drug’ by some critics. I have [...]

Let’s admit it: most of what we do, yearn for, dwell upon, buy, and attain to is to be happier! “Happiness”…that elusive, sometimes seemingly impossible state. A myriad of books have been written guaranteeing a happier you if you do what the esteemed authors say. Books sales have sky-rocketed, yes, and more power to all [...]

Wouldn’t it be great if we could upgrade our memory in the same way that installing an extra chip adds resources to a computer? Unfortunately, the human brain is rather more complicated. Memory is not a switch, but a way of processing thoughts and retrieving them efficiently. In this article, we’re going to look at [...]

The arrival of winter brings about the horrible realisation that you’re leaving for work in darkness, and returning home in darkness. It’s a miserable feeling that can be compounded in to hopelessness if you’re a sufferer of work related fatigue. Nobody likes to leave the office feeling battered in to a mental and physical submission. [...]