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Your level of persistence and determination may depend upon your father's parenting style, according to a new study. 
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The patient’s task was to control the activity of single neurons. There are several 100 billion neurons in the human brain. How can the patient begin to know which neuron needs to increase in activity to complete the task? The researchers left this part up to the patients, letting them explore strategies until amazingly, they succeeded.
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Willpower is the key to much that’s good in life. Willpower is what makes us save for the future rather than splurge now. It helps us to keep our heads down, studying and working when we really don’t feel like it, to earn that degree or promotion. Willpower allows us to say no to that tempting cigarette, extra dessert, or second glass of whiskey—and to hop on the treadmill. And, of course, failures of self-control can sabotage all those goals.
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Social psychologist Roy Baumeister has spent years studying how people resist temptation and break bad habits—and he's here to help.
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Good news for those with New Year’s resolutions to keep: A hit of glucose seems to renew a person’s flagging ability to control impulses...
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Why that New Year’s resolution to cut back on the martinis seems like a distant memory only three months later, when the weather improves: because our best laid plans for changing our routines often fail to take into account how powerless we are to escape the habits that control us, and that the best we can do is to redirect them. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience
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This blog will be the first in a series designed to teach you specific cognitive (thinking) and behavioral skills that will help you increase your motivation and willpower whenever it begins to lag.
Shelby Stephens's curator insight,
September 12, 2013 6:01 PM
Although it seems as if the article focuses on healthy eating and excersizing, this article gives tips that apply to any situation where someone may feel less motivated to accomplush a task.
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In my new book The Willpower Instinct, I describe one of my favorite studies of self-control. I call it the "torture experiment." It reveals how mindfulness can help us break free from even the most difficult habits
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