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Is multi-tasking bad for the brain? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Richard Watson   
Sunday, 19 February 2012 01:57

According to Clifford Nass, a Professor at Stanford University, less might be more when it comes to digital doing. One study looking at the habits of heavy media multi-taskers found people who multi-task the most are frequently the worst at it. Moreover, heavy multi-tasking may be harming our thinking ability, especially deep thinking and analysis.

 
Bye bye A&E, hello SFS PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sir Muir Gray   
Monday, 13 February 2012 05:08

Bye bye A&E, hello SFS

Reality is created by the language we use. Language creates reality rather than describing it; that is the consistent message from Ludwig Wittgenstein, Benjamin Lee Whorf, and John R Searle.

 
Scrubs travel award PDF Print E-mail
Written by scrubs   
Sunday, 12 February 2012 05:04

Congratulations to Phil Chao, a medical student from the University of Auckland who has been awarded a Scrubs travel award.

Phil will be using the award to fund part of his travel to deliver leadership workshops to medical students from around the world as part of an IFMSA initiative.

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