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Matthew Medinsky

Investigating the protective effects of mindfulness-based attention training on mind wandering in applied settings

Introduction: Mind wandering, a phenomenon in which attention drifts away from the task-at-hand, is associated with deleterious effects on performance and well-being.

Daydreaming While Reading Jonathan Crary’s 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep

“Sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast.” Shakespeare, Macbeth People often laugh when I tell them that I go to sleep at

Tanzania Tour Risks Whitewashing Maasai Forced Evictions

This week American tennis players – brothers John and Patrick McEnroe – are set to host a luxury tennis-themed safari tour in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), where Indigenous Maasai people are protesting the Tanzanian government’s forced eviction of them from their ancestral homes. The “Epic Tanzania Tour” is organized

A Guffaw In Need of Being

The rains of November are cold but the snows of November are colder. It is said that an entire generation of young men from the Ukraine are gone now.

Study Shows How This Type of Exercise Can Slow Parkinson's

Engaging in the gentle exercise of tai chi may be a simple way to manage the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and slow disease progression over time.

Beyond Orwell’s 1984, 5G and the Launching of 6G: “Easy to Take Down a Society that Is Digital”.

“Hell is Empty and the Devils are All Here”. William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, 1623 “By now, it should be clear to all of us what is being gradually and, in many ways, imperceptibly prepared for us, We, the People, is “Pure Evil,” says geopolitical analyst Peter Koenig, who argues that

Strawberries Are Good for Your Heart and Brain

According to a 2022 study by researchers from Columbia University, nearly 10% of U.S.

To WW3 or not to WW3? That is the question…

Here is a concept that nobody in politics talks about – Moral Capital.

Ever Heard of Rucking? You Might Want to Try It

Walking is an excellent form of physical activity for which your body was designed.

Bangladesh: UN Rights Review Amid Violent Crackdown

(Geneva) – The Bangladesh government should seriously respond to concerns regarding grave abuses and the crackdown on civil society raised by member states on November 13, 2023, during Bangladesh’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Human Rights Watch said today. The review took place amid a violent ongoing crackdown by Bangladesh security

Why we shouldn’t medicate to reduce fever and why we should “let it ride”

In most cases, there’s no reason to fear a fever. Increasing research supports the “let it ride” philosophy, which states that fever is protective and should be allowed to run its course. In most cases, rest and plenty of fluids are all that’s needed when a fever strikes.

When philosophical nuance matters: safeguarding consciousness research from restrictive assumptions

In this paper, we revisit the debate surrounding the Unfolding Argument (UA) against causal structure theories of consciousness (as well as the hard-criteria research program it prescribes), using it as a platform for discussing theoretical and methodological issues in consciousness research. Causal structure theories assert that consciousness depends on a