Archive for July, 2007
What’s the evolutionary advantage of laughing when someone strokes our belly with a feather?
Closed Published by n1kk1 July 25th, 2007 in Uncategorized.Steven Johnson in Discover Magazine:
We take it for granted that tickling causes laughter and that one person’s laughter will easily “infect” other people within earshot. Even a child knows these things. (Tickling and contagious laughter are two of the distinguishing characteristics of childhood.) But when you think about them from a distance, they are strange […]
Manic mood swings can destroy grey matter
Closed Published by n1kk1 July 23rd, 2007 in Uncategorized.From Nature:
Grey matter in the brains of people with bipolar disorder is destroyed with each manic or depressive episode. This was the finding of an MRI study of 21 patients with bipolar disorder, a mental illness marked by successive episodes of mania followed by deep depression. The patients’ brains were scanned at either end […]
How to Give a Back Massage - Video | eHow.com
Closed Published by n1kk1 July 22nd, 2007 in Uncategorized.How to Give a Back Massage - Video | eHow.com