These findings are consistent with research demonstrating that mindfulness meditation increases positive emotions while decreasing negative and anxious emotions.
Thinking about curiosity as going beyond the need for quick answers also highlights the power of what happens when we engage with unÂÂcertÂainÂty: having to ponder and anticipate answers can improve learning and memory, and curiosity can facilitate brain states that help us encode new information. Learning new things can be tough, but harnessing... See more
Per this framework, main ingredient to meaningful & flourishing lives:
Expand "the phenotypic bound on the amount of surprise people can tolerate in their lives," or: inhabit the goldilocks zone of uncertainty.
Fun paper by @PredictiveLife & @JulianKiverste1. Few other riffs:... See more