Neuro News Nanos

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Here are this morning’s:

* The first intelligence test — invented by Thomas Edison — consisted of a 163 seemingly unconnected obscure general knowledge questions of which the pass mark was arbitrarily set at 70%

* Trend setters may only be visible in the rear view mirror — in the large majority of cases, the cascade began with an average Joe — though, in cases where an Influential touched off the trend, it spread much further

* Procrastinating fun — social scientists have discovered a flaw in the human psyche that will not be tedious to correct — “Have fun … now!”

* Beliefs influence recovery — “higher levels of physical functioning were associated with the pre-surgery belief that the heart disease would be of short duration and would not be related to serious consequences” — “it is important to identify maladaptive illness beliefs as early as possible”

* In search of the world’s hardest language — “a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has” — diverse languages demand mental somersaults from the speaker or require that the speaker has to think about the world in specific ways

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