Happy Minds

Well the answer lies in the earliest human beings whose aim was to find food, shelter and keep away the predators.  Their genetics gives us a relaxing and satisfying feeling when we comfortably sit on a couch. But when we think of exercising our brain repels the thought, as it will consume our physical power and our body doesn't like that.  So what are the ways to overcome this problem. Our brain does the thing that it love, so doing a physical exercise that we love is probably the best idea to get started. Moreover we have to do the gym exercise that we love or at least can tolerate because doing a physical exhaustive exercise that you hate will send very negative signals to your brain and you are not likely to repeat this experience again. Another method is taking small steps at a time. You can start an exercise with 5-10 reps and subsequently increase the number of reps. This method is very useful for the exercises that you don't like much.  All in all you have to trai...

 When a child is born, his mental strength and psychology is developed by the age of four. Yes, by the age of four. The next transition comes at the age of 8 and then 16, 25 and 65. We learn different aspects of life in different ages. For example our motor skills and language learning capability is the strongest until we reach 8. Therefore, children can learn multiple languages and speak them fluently, while, it is difficult for adults to learn new languages. Different parts of our brain are developed in these different stages and as we grow older, our retention capacity increases tremendously. Therefore, growing age is considered as a sign of becoming wise, and older people can easily recall the past incidents.  But despite of all these age checkpoints, one can learn whatever he likes at any age. Many people learn a language at the age of 60. Therefore it is imperative that anyone can learn anything at any age, and all ages are the smartest ages. 

 You will be surprised to know that we spend a third of our time daydreaming. This may sound weird but imagine a teenager planting some saplings in his backyard. He is thinking about the plant species and wondering at the discoveries of different species. He thinks that is there any other specie left to discover and whether he can discover them. From there on, he thinks of his dream of becoming a scientist and leading his team to discovering a new specie and getting a nobel Prize. But he thinks that does he have the required discipline and hardworking nature to achieve this. He decides to work hard and be more disciplined.  But do you realise that it is just his dream.  For a long time, it was conceived that daydreaming is a rest position for our brain and our brain doesn't require extra energy for daydreaming. But the scientific studies have shown that when we daydream, the areas of brain associated with past memory and recalling become active. It was found that the bl...

  Imagine that you are diving on a highway smoothly. Gradually you experience that the gap between cars is decreasing and breaks lights can be seen everywhere. So what caused the smooth flowing traffic on a wide road to come on a standstill? The answer lies in the phenomenon called Phantom Traffic Jam. It occurs when cars suddenly come to a standstill without any apparent reason.  Let's understand it in details.  It happens due to several reasons. First when the number of cars are in excess. But not necessarily too many.  Second, suppose when the cars are moving at a consistent speed, and suddenly a car faces an obstacle and slows down by applying breaks. The next car behind it, will apply stronger breaks and the car behind it will apply more strong breaks making a chain of the repeated action. The impact of this will be felt by the far away cars too.  Another reason for this is the human tendancy to escape the traffic by driving faster. By doing this, a car wil...