"Here I am at the 'HOME" of the Boston Cream Pie!"
Here are some of the things I am reading for today:
“With close to 30 percent of young Americans too heavy to join the military, you’d think that restaurants would at least stop introducing new heavyweight items.”
What happens when we become angry?
“Inducing emotions generates profound changes in the autonomous nervous system, which controls the cardiovascular response, and also in the endocrine system. In addition, changes in cerebral activity also occur, especially in the frontal and temporal lobes…”
Comparing income with peers causes unhappiness
Researchers analysing data from a Europe-wide survey found three-quarters of those asked thought it important to compare their incomes with others.
But those who compared salaries seem less content, especially if they looked at those of friends and family rather than work colleagues.
“Now we can see scores of ways in which astrocytes could be involved in many cognitive processes,” Fields says. “And now it’s not so crazy to find that there were abnormally high numbers of astrocytes in the parts of Einstein’s brain involved in imagery and mathematical ability and that sort of thing.”
the science of self-motivation
“The popular idea is that self-affirmations enhance people’s ability to meet their goals,” Professor Albarracin said. “It seems, however, that when it comes to performing a specific behavior, asking questions is a more promising way of achieving your objectives.”
Blaeberries as an aid to Diabetes?
“Dr Hoggard added: “Traditional folk remedies have cited the blaeberry as a natural resource to help combat diabetes for centuries.”
5 Comments
Bianca Vasvani · June 2, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Comparisons with peers
I found it interesting that people became unhappy when they compared their income with their peers. It seems sort of juvenile to be envious or jealous. At the time it makes sense with how competitive of a society we are. If you are constantly making comparisons with others and their achievements you will never be satisfied with yourself. There is always going to be someone out their who has a speciality in a particular area. It just seems important focus on yourself and your achievements and improvements that can be made as well.
MeredithS · June 2, 2010 at 8:15 pm
I found the self motivation article really interesting. The fact that simply asking yourself a question has a better outcome than not. I would have guessed that saying “I will” would have a better outcome. But maybe the challenge of “Will I” is more motivating for people. I’m gonna try this before my final exams…”will I get an A?”… as opposed to “I will get an A”… We’ll see how that turns out.
Sherilyn · June 3, 2010 at 9:38 am
I read the article about the self motivation. I think it was very interesting to see that people were more self motivated if they asked themselves the question “Will I” instead of I will. The research showed that the people who asked the question actually accomplished more when the question was presented to them instead of setting a goal which then can not be accomplished.
EspieW-PSY340 · June 3, 2010 at 3:52 pm
I read the article about the blaeberry used as a natural resource to help combat diabetes. Diabetes is becoming more and more of a medical issue as the obesity rate increases in the United States. This is the first time I’ve read about the low grade inflammation associated with diabetes. I’m wondering . . . if the study does prove to reduce (fat) inflammation associated with diabetes if it may also be marketed as a product to help a person manage their weight, not only for diabetes.
kjchin · June 4, 2010 at 10:28 pm
I read the article about blaeberries. I have never heard of them before, so I was interested in how they may combat diabetes. I know that diabetes is quickly becoming more of a medical issue in the United States. In my Organic Chemistry class, we talked about polyphenols, so with these blaeberries, apparently it can reduce the inflammation which occurs when fat increases. On another note, I want to try blaeberries!
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