Cognition

Meditation

• A general introduction (NYT)

• A useful smartphone application (iPhone; Android)

• Meditation, mindfulness and the brain (NrN article)

Do brain training games like "Lumosity" work?

• Probably not (statement)

How can I improve my memory?

• Improving memory

What are personality disorders?

Examples from the media of people who likely suffer –

• Borderline personality disorder – The Piano Teacher.

• Delusional disorder – Enduring Love

General

Why see a psychologist? 

• How psychotherapy works

How can I be a better person?

• The Book of Life

  • Work

  • Relationships

  • The Self

How can I get more out of life?

• How to get more happiness in your life: An excellent, free, online course at Yale.

• How to be more productive (Freakonomics)

• Failure is your friend (Freakonomics)

• In praise of maintenance (Freakonomics)

Success, failure, anxiety

• Success and failure (TED)

• Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton (Episode 1)

The news stresses me out

• What is the news for? (School of Life)

• Why we follow the news (Freakonomics)

Keeping perspective

• Perspective (School of Life)

• Insomnia (School of Life)

Interesting audio

• Heavyweight: A sardonic self-deprecating host explores the utility of finishing what is undone. Try "Milt."

• Creativity and seeing the world afresh (Imaginary Advice)

• Everything, nothing, Harvey Keitel (BBC3)

• Everybody scream (The Truth)