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First the researchers administered a survey that measured how well each participant could manage his or her emotions. Following this, the first experiment involved a game that pitted participants’ own self-interest against the common good, and found that those with good at regulating their emotions were significantly more considerate of the common good. In the second study, a different set of participants were assessed on their level of “Machiavellianism,” or how willing they are to manipulate others for their own personal gain....

The practice was created by Buddhist teacher Roshi Joan Halifax, and has been adapted for many audiences and populations, Maldonado says. Each of the letters in the acronym guide us, helping us to support ourselves in any moment. Saying the name alone—G.R.A.C.E—invites the body and the mind to soften along with the heart. A Guided Meditation for GRACE A Guided Meditation for GRACE G Stands for Gathering Attention R Stands for Recalling Intention A Stands for Attuning to Self and Others C Stands for Considering What Would Serve E Stands for Ethical Ending and Engagement Read more Read more...

Cut to 2016, and oils are as commonplace as hair conditioner and are now as solid a mainstay of a hair care routine as serum. Botanical hair oils have been popping up both as part of ingredient lists everywhere and hero products on their own, and many have credited their multi-tasking benefits for this rise in popularity. No longer a counterintuitive process, applying oil to hair is apparently one of the best things you can do with your mane, damaged or not....

The new map emerged from the Human Connectome Project, a five- year effort to map the brains of 1,200 young adults using MRIs. While the previous map showed 50 regions,the new map presents 180, based on physical differences, functional dif- ferences (e.g., differing responses to a stimulus), and connectivity to other regions. On the surface, regions look identical, so the brain map “is more akin to a map showing state borders than topographic features; the most important divisions are invisible from the sky but extremely important all the same,” says the university’s Tamara Bhandari....

It was like a starter’s pistol had gone off in the neuroscience lounge. The discovery of mirror neurons would launch a “revolution” in understanding empathy and cooperation, predicted one researcher. Mirror neurons were “the driving force” behind the “great leap forward” in brain evolution, claimed another. They “will provide a unifying framework and explain a host of mental abilities that hitherto remained mysterious,” asserted a third, calling these cells “the neurons that shaped civilization....