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Neuroscientists Discover a Brain Signal That Identifies if Speech has Been Understood

A new discovery from neuroscientists has allowed them to pinpoint the brain signal that indicates whether or not a person understood narrative speech. In 2018, a report published in Current Biology, Electrophysiological Correlates of Semantic Dissimilarity Reflect the Comprehension of Natural, Narrative Speech, detailed the findings.  Researchers from the Trinity College Dublin and the University […]

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Best Free Online Courses that Won’t Consume too Much of Your Time

Continuing your education is something that all professionals should care about. The problem many professionals face is investing time to be sure to get the most out of a course. Luckily, there are plenty of free online courses that take up no time at all. They are meant to be refreshers and tips to utilize […]

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7 Best Books on Adulting 20-Something Year Olds Need to Read

My credit score increased by 38 points! #adulting I splurged and bought a new vacuum today, I was too excited to use it. #adulting #Adulting is hard. Adulting? Is that even a word? According to the American Dialect Society, it is. When the word became popular in 2016, they nominated it as the “word of […]

Is College Worth it? The Gates Foundation Chimes in on the Debate

Bill Gates is the richest man in the world who doesn’t have one thing that many do, a college degree. Gates has since always been one to advocate for higher education. In his 2015 blog entry, Gates wrote, “Although I dropped out of college and got lucky pursuing a career in software, getting a degree […]

Best Books to Read for Ages 81 – 100

We’ve come so far in our Best Books to Read at each age piece! Here are the final 19 books we recommend to read in your 80s and beyond. Age 81 Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Set in the Great Depression, Water for Elephants tells the story of how Jacob Janowski ends up getting […]