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hanna 08

Instead Of Counting Blessings, Count Money To Feel Good - 2 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090715131549.htm

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  • Roy F. Baumeister
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      hanna 08 on 11 Aug 09
       
      This researcher has done some wonderful work on the whole phenomena of *belonging*. I highly recommend him.
  • those who had counted the money rated lower social distress than those who only counted paper.
  • those counting money rated a lower intensity of the hot water and physical pain than those who counted paper. In addition, the researchers found that participants who counted out the bills rated themselves as feeling "strong" more often than the paper counting group.
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  • Those who thought about the weather rated normal amounts of social distress or pain; those thinking about their finances experienced higher social distress when they were left out of the Cyperball game and reported greater pain from the hot water.
  • The mere idea of money has considerable psychological power, enough to alter reactions to social exclusion and even to physical pain."
David McCart

Asperger syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Asperger_syndrome

asperger

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    David McCart on 08 Aug 09
     
    check out what Asperger syndrome is if you're not sure what it is
David McCart

Free Gary McKinnon - or at least try him in the UK - 0 views

freegary.org.uk

Asperger syndrome mckinnon

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  • David McCart
    David McCart on 08 Aug 09
     
    Gary, who suffers from Asperger syndrome, is being abandoned by his own government and thrown accross the pond to be tried in a US *Military* Court
Rudy Garns

The Mind Project - 0 views

www.mind.ilstu.edu

mind cogsci

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Jesse Holalde

How does an Agoraphobic earn money? - 6 views

There are many site that help people with stress, anxiety and depression. My site http://s1.webstarts.com/MoneyMakerForAgoraphobics/index.html not only addresses these but focuses on how to make money ...

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Robert Kamper

Dishonesty Involves Activity In Control-related Brain Networks, Neuroimaging Study Suggests... - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090713201622.htm

shared by Robert Kamper on 14 Jul 09 - Snapshot
  • A new study of the cognitive processes involved with honesty suggests that truthfulness depends more on absence of temptation than active resistance to temptation.
  • "Being honest is not so much a matter of exercising willpower as it is being disposed to behave honestly in a more effortless kind of way," says Greene. "This may not be true for all situations, but it seems to be true for at least this situation."
  • The research was designed to test two theories about the nature of honesty – the "Will" theory, in which honesty results from the active resistance of temptation, and the "Grace" theory in which honesty is a product of lack of temptation. The results of this study suggest that the "Grace" theory is true, because the honest participants did not show any additional neural activity when telling the truth.
Robert Kamper

Positive Emotions Increase Life Satisfaction By Building Resilience - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090708184544.htm

resilience

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  • People who seed their life with frequent moments of positive emotions increase their resilience against challenges,
  • This study shows that if happiness is something you want out of life, then focusing daily on the small moments and cultivating positive emotions is the way to go,”
  • Those small moments let positive emotions blossom, and that helps us become more open. That openness then helps us build resources that can help us rebound better from adversity and stress, ward off depression and continue to grow.”
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  • month long study
  • daily “emotion reports

  • Building up a daily diet of positive emotions does not require banishing negative emotions, she said. The study helps show that to be happy, people do not need to adopt a “Pollyanna-ish” approach and deny the upsetting aspects of life.


    “The levels of positive emotions that produced good benefits weren’t extreme. Participants with average and stable levels of positive emotions still showed growth in resilience even when their days included negative emotions.”

  • A lot of times we get so wrapped up in thinking about the future and the past that we are blind to the goodness we are steeped in already, whether it’s the beauty outside the window or the kind things that people are doing for you,” she said. “The better approach is to be open and flexible, to be appreciative of whatever good you do find in your daily circumstances, rather than focusing on bigger questions, such as ‘Will I be happy if I move to California?’ or ‘Will I be happy if I get married?’
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