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Harvard Gazette: Meditation changes temperatures
monks can increase their body temperature to dry wet cold sheets in a cold environnement - other monks can lower their metabolism by 64% by meditation, vs 17% for normal sleep.
science  reference  psychology  news  health  cool  brain  article  zen  yoga  tummo 
september 2008 by nico.ash
Seeing Around Corners
using artificial socirty to get a peek at society and possible outcomes of policy
culture  math  ai  simulation  economics  sociology  psychology  society  emergence  science 
february 2008 by nico.ash
A Star Is Made - New York Times
The Birth-Month Soccer Anomaly . Expert performers — whether in memory or surgery, ballet or computer programming — are nearly always made, not born. And yes, practice does make perfect.
brain  cool  psychology  science 
october 2007 by nico.ash

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