Testimonials are coming in from teachers about their newly phone-free schools, and the amazing things that students are now doing. Like taking notes, completing their assignments, then talking to each other. "Was it this easy of a solution the whole time?"

Some of my girlfriend's family is visiting us from Italy and one of the aunts was shocked at how there were no kids playing outside or outside in general None outside in front of houses, up and down the streets, or at any of the many parks in the area She asked if we lived in

New pod: GEN Z'S SCARY PERSONALITY CHANGE with John Burn-Murdoch I talked to John about Those Graphs. Plus: - The science of personality tests - What we talk about when we talk about "conscientiousness" - Is the Internet displacing "real-world commitment"? - External validities for

Professor Abigail Marsh was interviewed by The Psychologist about her interdisciplinary neuroscience research and her work as an expert contributor to the National Geographic series “Limitless: Live Better Now” on Disney+. bps.org.uk/psychologist/o…

Whether triggered by pollen, pet dander or peanuts, allergies seem nearly impossible to avoid. Somehow, the Amish seemingly do. The “hygiene hypothesis” suggests that early childhood exposure to microbes is helping that community develop healthy immune systems.

I’m excited to share our new nature paper 📝, which provides strong evidence that the walkability of our built environment matters a great deal to our physical activity and health. Details in thread.🧵 nature.com/articles/s4158…

Antidepressant treatment, not depression, leads to reductions in behavioral and neural responses to pain empathy pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC65…

Parents’ first instinct can be to give kids a solution and to get involved, @isabelfattal writes. But that mindset can be exhausting for adults and damaging for kids. In The Wonder Reader, Fattal explores the pull—and the risks—of intensive parenting: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…

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Limitless: Live Better Now is now streaming on Disney+ on.natgeo.com/4fAAcGh

The internet was supposed to connect us to people near and far. Instead, it turned us into tribalist, neurotic homebodies, says Yascha Mounk, and I tend to agree (the data are pretty damning). yaschamounk.substack.com/p/how-we-got-t…

Abigail Marsh Thank you for contributing to my article on Limitless: Live Better Now. My cover story is live! screenrant.com/limitless-seas…

Are humans fundamentally selfish? Abigail Marsh Dr. Abigail Marsh, neuroscience professor and author of "The Fear Factor", shares what we can learn from studying ruthless psychopaths and the extremely generous. 00:00:00 What draws you to this field of research? 00:00:31 Are

Now streaming on Hulu and Disney+: the second season of #Limitless: Live Better Now, with Chris Hemsworth--check out episode 3 to see Chris and I talking about the benefits of taking on new and unfamiliar risks in adulthood.

"Multiple large, high-quality randomized studies are finding that guaranteed income transfers do not appear to produce sustained improvements in mental health, stress levels, physical health, child development outcomes or employment." 🫤theargumentmag.com/p/giving-peopl…

It's a bit painful for me to share this, but I respect Kelsey Piper (and Eva Vivalt) a lot, and I think they're basically right: the most rigorous recent studies on basic income and cash transfers (in rich countries) have yielded pretty disappointing results.

Couples who meet IRL (that's "in real life") seem to have better relationship satisfaction than those who first connected online. newscientist.com/article/249215…

Don't dine solo: "Eating with people, compared with eating alone, was a surprisingly strong indicator of subjective wellbeing—as statistically significant as income and employment status. That holds true even when accounting for other factors, such as age and education."

Credentials without education: what AI is doing to the modern university student. A fascinating future-is-now report in The Atlantic theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

DC Public Schools will be phone-free this year. Here's what that means: 🚇Phones are allowed for commuting 👩🏾‍🏫Each school will establish its own storage system 📈New policy will boost focus, student interactions, and mental health Learn more: dcps.dc.gov/cellphones