Neuro News Nanos
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Here are this morning’s:
* We process happy faces faster than sad ones — a happy thought to bring you one step closer to the weekend — okay, Thursday’s not that close to the weekend (closer than Wednesday, but not as close as Friday)
* A less happy thought: The Implicit Association Test works — it’s always found more racial bias than self-report — unsurprisingly, it also predicts behavior better than self-report
* Fat people salivate more (it doesn’t sound nice, but it’s science) — they continue to salivate longer in response to a new taste than do people of normal weight — it is not clear whether the slower habituation response is a cause of obesity or a feature of it
* The 100 most beautiful words in the English language — picked by an expert — fugacious, moiety, viridescent
* How not to become bored with things — overcoming “variety amnesia” — a technique for not sucking the joy out of life
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Ryan,
Ugh…I had to redo this…
*We process happy faces faster than sad ones
I would like to believe that says something good about our tendencies in general.
*A less happy thought: The Implicit Association Test works
At first I thought it was no big deal as the test was ten years old and things have changed. But, with racial bias, I guess things haven’t changed all that much.
*Fat people salivate more (it doesn’t sound nice, but it’s science)
They need to finish the study to see if salivating more causes obesity or it is a feature of it.
*How not to become bored with things
You cannot become bored with sex…the partner maybe…but sex?
*The 100 most beautiful words in the English language
I disagree with the author. This is the most beautiful word in the English language:
arenaceous definition
ar·ena·ceous (ar′ə nā′s̸həs, er′-)
adjective
sandy
growing in sand
Etymology: L arenaceus: see arena (From Webster’s New World College Dictionary.)
I have my own word!
Enjoy your day,
Sandy