Archive for March, 2007
Yoga at Home - Indian Comic Book - a photoset on Flickr
Closed Published by n1kk1 March 15th, 2007 in Uncategorized.Yoga at Home - Indian Comic Book - a photoset on Flickr
From Nature:
A single, specific memory has been wiped from the brains of rats, leaving other recollections intact. The brain secures memories by transferring them from short-term to long-term storage, through a process called reconsolidation. It has been shown before that this process can be interrupted with drugs. But Joseph LeDoux of the Center for […]
Self-Control is a Muscle [The Frontal Cortex]
Closed Published by n1kk1 March 13th, 2007 in Uncategorized.Experiments like this demonstrate why Puritanism is so psychologically unrealistic:
A paper in The Journal of Consumer Research looks at the effects of self-restraint on subsequent impulse purchases.
In one experiment, college students spent a few minutes free-associating and writing down their thoughts, under instructions not to think of a white bear. Given $10 afterward to […]
New research on laughter is showing that “It’s an instinctual…
Closed Published by n1kk1 March 13th, 2007 in Uncategorized.New research on laughter is showing that “It’s an instinctual survival tool for social animals, not an intellectual response to wit. Itss not about getting the joke. It’s about getting along. It’s a way to make friends and also make clear who belongs where in the status hierarchy.” (link)
New research on laughter is showing that […]