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Kristal Parrish's avatar

This roundup was truly a gift! Thank you for providing these summaries and keeping us fascinated. I loved all of them, but I was moved to action by #8 as it reminded me I’m long overdue for enjoying a live concert! Thank you again!

Scott Barry Kaufman's avatar

Thanks Kristal, so glad you like them! Look out for a new one every month!

Connie Weber's avatar

Thank you so much!! The studies are fascinating—and it’s a delight to have them laid out before us, thanks to your scouting and selecting. Really, really appreciate this!! A great service to us all. 🌟

Scott Barry Kaufman's avatar

Thanks Connie, so glad you like them! Look out for a new one every month!

Niki Mathias's avatar

I love this format of a roundup! I loved reading about #1, 3 and 4… and I appreciated your caveats about each one. Thanks for this!

Scott Barry Kaufman's avatar

So glad you liked it, Niki. Be on the looked out for a new one every month!

Stacy Brasfield's avatar

I love that we are finding ways to study these important concepts. Data is so powerful.

Jenny Dees's avatar

Hi Scott. I REALLY appreciate this format. I acknowledge my attention span is rather goldfishy these days. Still, I love the summary/caveats and the links to the entire publications. This allows my brain to nibble and then dig into something that really interests me! BTW- I loved meeting you at the Learning and the Brain conference on Creativity years ago. I've been following you since. Your work and straightforwardness are appreciated beyond measure. Peace 🙂

Scott Barry Kaufman's avatar

Thanks so much, appreciate the kind words! Look out for a new one every month!

Kelly Eden's avatar

Fascinating! The reframing depression study is especially interesting.

Karen van de Werff's avatar

Thank you Scott, for sharing these interesting studies.

Alchemist of Life's avatar

Movement doesn't just affect your body — it directly affects what your brain does with the information it takes in. The people who move consistently aren't just healthier. They're usually thinking better too. The research on exercise and cognitive function keeps accumulating and it keeps saying the same thing: the dose matters less than the consistency. The interesting follow-up question nobody asks enough: what type of movement, for what specific person, given what specific starting point? The answer changes depending on who you're asking.

De Antoni's avatar

J'ai adoré ! Merci infiniment !!

The Second Act's avatar

This is a great format and round up thank you!

Diane Pool's avatar

Number six especially, but at all of them exactly what I needed this morning. I’ve been debating value of using my last years to complete a memoir versus resuming mentoring to the local rural community. Both paths of creativity are deeply meaningful to me so it has felt like Solomon‘s judgment to take one or the other. Number six re-awakened an idea that combines the two: I can continue with my memoir while offering the older community to join me writing their stories!

Kyle Smith's avatar

Great selection of articles

Suzanne Johnson's avatar

Thank you Scott - this was awesome - very much appreciated- 1,2,4,8 really resonated for me.

Jacquie Thomson's avatar

LOVED this. Thanks for sharing

Olivia Mitchell's avatar

Thank you Scott for this collection - the walking one and the support one reaffirmed what I already believed (and who doesn't love that!). I've also always been curious about the attraction of live music - I'd assumed it was more about the listening with lots of other people, so to find out that just the live v recorded makes a difference is fascinating.

Zara Kaye's avatar

What a gift this is to us folk who don’t take psychological journals to bed with them for some light nightime reading! Thankyou, Scott, as always, for sharing your studies and insights and brightening our minds. 🙏