Part of how easily we go to sleep is genetic: many sleep disturbances, ranging from insomnia to circadian disruption, have a large genetic component. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The fact that insomnia is associated with depression suggests that sleep might help us deal with emotionally stressful or otherwise disruptive events. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
If you are lucky enough to never experience any sort of adversity, we won't know how resilient you are. It's only when you're faced… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
We don't appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
I'm capable of just putting my butt in a chair and spending nine hours a day studying poker. I took it as a full… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
Creativity requires novelty. Imagination is all about counterfactuals and untested possibilities that don't yet exist. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
One of the things that women really excel at is reading and reacting to subtle cues. We've always had to do that because men… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
To a child, 'The Little Prince' is the story of a boy who falls from the sky, meets lots of funny people on his… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
It's strange, when you think about it, that we spend close to a third of our lives asleep. Why do we do it? While… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
Fraternities breed leaders. That, at least, is what most any chapter website will tell you, in not so many words - and the message… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
Las vegas shouldn't exist. The incongruity hits you from the moment you first glimpse it from the airplane. First mountains, then desert, then neat… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
“a failure to use all senses equals a scene not seen to its full potential, attention that has not been allocated properly, and subconscious… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
It's not at all a far jump to think that overall perceptions of gender - and what is and is not important in gender… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
“We are terrible at seeking evidence that challenges our own beliefs, but other people do us this favor, just as we are good at… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
All too often, when it comes to our own minds, we are surprisingly mindless. We sail on, blithely unaware of how much we are… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share
