Football was a part of Roger's youth
Here is what I am reading today:
“The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is calling for any athlete who is suspected of having a concussion to be removed from play until the athlete is evaluated by a physician with training in the evaluation and management of sports concussion.”
“A new study by researchers at the University of Leicester and University of Leeds has concluded that parents’ efforts towards their child’s educational achievement is crucial — playing a more significant role than that of the school or child.”
” It’s commonly accepted that we appreciate something more if we have to work hard to get it, and a Johns Hopkins University study bears that out, at least when it comes to food.”
“Even though most adults want to avoid looking older than their actual age, research led by St. Michael’s Hospital shows that looking older does not necessarily point to poor health. The study found that a person needed to look at least 10 years older than their actual age before assumptions about their health could be made”
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rpoppin · November 7, 2010 at 11:04 pm
“Hard work makes food taste better”
I was pretty interested to see how this study was conducted, and I have to say, it’s pretty ingenious. I find it funny how similar our “complex” behavior as humans can be boiled down and analogous to the simplistic behavior of mice. I mean, it just makes sense. Accomplishing a task and rewarding yourself after or being rewarded just makes whatever the reward is a thousand times better than if you didn’t have to work at all. The first thing that comes to my mind is cheating in any circumstance. Sure, scoring well on an exam may look good to those around you, but inside, you aren’t happy. No matter what anyone says, cheating NEVER feels as good as when you actually work hard and attain the goal you set out to accomplish. I know I feel great when I work especially hard in a tough upper division class and score well. Even knowing others may have had an unfair advantage and scored the same or better, I know in the back of my mind that they don’t feel as good as I do. In any case, great study and elegantly carried out. Very true indeed.
ahhuang · November 12, 2010 at 11:17 pm
The fact that there’s a certain time frame when it is accurate to determine people’s health based on looking older. However, this may not apply to all human races. For example, many Asians seem to look younger in the eyes of many Caucasians, then how accurate will the “looking 10 years or older than actual age” be?
In one occasion, my friends (who were both Asians and seniors in high school), successfully fooled the guard as eighth graders so they could get cheaper tickets at kid’s price.
It shows that some times it is more difficult for someone to determine the age of another person from a different race if he/she is not used to how the person from the different race age, since the person can look either younger or older.
natzafis · November 17, 2010 at 11:41 am
It is ironic that, while so many adults value looking younger than they actually are, this is not a significant indication of good health. In our generation, looking young is desirable at all ages and looking older is only considered a relatively positive thing during adolescence and early teenage years. It makes sense that society assumes looking older is related to the wear and tear on the body of potential poor health, but this is only a valid measure of poor health in extreme cases of looking 10 or more years older. I found it surprising that in many cases, the individuals that looked their age were actually in poorer health than those who looked a few years older.
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