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Behavioral and learning scientist Marily Oppezzo explains how walking could help you get the most out of your next brainstorm.

TED Talks,Ongoing Exercise,Creativity

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Posture is the foundation for your every movement and can determine how well your body adapts to its stresses. Murat Dalkilinç gives the pros of good posture.

TED Talks,Ongoing Exercise

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Get inspired to go to the gym as Wendy Suzuki discusses the science of how working out boosts your mood and memory — and protects your brain against Alzheimer's.

Ongoing Exercise,TED Talks

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Emotions can inspire laughter and tears, anger and grief — and the greater our emotional awareness, the more we can learn about ourselves and the world.

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Wisdom arises from difficulties — from experiences both positive and painful. The most wonderful thing about wisdom: We can share it.

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Listen. What do you hear? Music, laughter, crying. Trucks, trains, rain. Humans are bombarded with sounds, which shape how we experience things.

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