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Mind Trip of the Week #6 Racing with the Mind

You have been training for months for a half marathon.  You really want to win.  You ran sprints, hills, and long endurance training routes.  You have also been preparing mentally, thinking about how to pace yourself in the race.  Finally, it is race day.  You start...

Mind Trip of the Week #4: Elevator Memory

The mind is constantly running and taking in information, even when you aren’t aware of it.  This has been shown to be true when people are put under hypnosis and asked to recall details that they couldn’t remember before being put under.  Accessing these...

Mind Trip of the Week #3: Let’s Go Shopping

I want you to think about going shopping. You are very excited to buy some of your favorite items. You are going to drive to the mall and because of this you will drive through a few intersections. Picture the drive to your local mall in your mind and as you do spell...

Mind Trip of the Week #2 : Stroop Effect

  1. Read all the words from right to left, down the chart. Do that now. That was pretty easy and I bet you did that pretty fast.   2. Now, say out loud the color of the letters of the word. Don’t worry about what the word is, just its color. Go! I bet you...