Keywords: neurotic, emotions, gestures, dominant, powerful, guilt, testosterone, immune defense, security, risk, money, happiness, statins, dementia, aerobic, brain, cognitive decline, learning.
1. NEUROTICISM
isn’t the same as Crazy. It is simply the tendency
to experience negative emotions, such as anxiety or guilt. Therefore, most
people misuse the word neurotic,
believing it to have negative connotations. Ironically, NOT being neurotic is a
key indicator of a psychopath because psychopaths never feel remorse, guilt,
anxiety or fear.
2. DOMINANT
ANIMALS show their status by using EXPANSIVE POSTURES. Studies show that, in
humans, striking a DOMINANT POSE, one that takes up more space, will not only
make you appear more powerful, but it will actually lower your cortisol
levels and spike your testosterone levels so that you are more powerful. (Carney,
Columbia Business School)
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3. HIGH
TESTOSTERONE LEVELS can lead to elevated aggression, but it can also make you more cooperative with others – if
that’s what it takes to achieve the desired goal. Apparently testosterone is more interested in
achieving the goal than in how it is done. (Eisenegger,
Univ. of Zurich)
4. Want to
boost your IMMUNE SYSTEM? Researchers
have found that simply looking at pictures of sick people will elevate the
immune response by about 24%. (Schaller, et.al., Univ. of British
Columbia)
5. The more
secure of an ATTACHMENT we have with our MOM, the more willing we are take RISKS.
In fact, when faced with a decision where the choices have varying degrees of
risk, the touch of any woman will elevate feelings of
security, making it easier to take those risks. (Levav,
Columbia University) Unless you are a
psychopath because they can’t form
attachments and they enjoy taking risks anyway.
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6. Having MONEY might be able to buy HAPPINESS, but thinking
about money significantly lowers our ability to savor even simple pleasures,
like eating a piece of chocolate. (Quoidbach,
Univ. of Liège in Belgium)
7. The most
widely prescribed drugs in the world, CHOLESTEROL LOWERING STATINS like
Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor, can cause COGNITIVE SIDE-EFFECTS like fuzzy
thinking, forgetfulness and learning problems – symptoms that are often
misdiagnosed as dementia. Simply
switching medications will often correct the problems. (Golomb,
Univ. of Calif. @ Irvine)
8. REGULAR
AEROBIC exercise has been shown to improve INTELLECTUAL FUNCTION regardless of
age. It also helps decrease cognitive decline and delays the onset of dementia
later in life. (Kramer, Univ. of Illinois)
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9. GESTURING
while you talk frees up brain power for other simultaneous tasks, such as
gauging the interest of your listeners or recalling important details in the
correct chronological order for a long
story. GESTURING while learning also helps your brain to remember things more
accurately and for longer than if you didn’t move your hands at all. (Goldwin-Meadow,
Univ. of Chicago)
10. Hand
gesturing helps KIDS LEARN FASTER AND BETTER too. When kids are learning a new concept and are trying to explain it back to you, if
their hand gestures do not match what they are saying, (no, they are not lying)
it means they are on the verge of understanding a new concept. This is the perfect time to give them the
information they need to solidify that concept because they’ll RETAIN THAT NEW KNOWLEDGE
better and longer than at any other time.
For example, say they are learning how to solve a math problem that
involves addition. As they are talking
it out, they SAY “minus” but their first two fingers twist together as if to say
‘combine’. THAT’S your moment to
really cement that concept into their fertile minds. (Goldwin-Meadow,
Univ. of Chicago)
Most of these
items were found in the September/October 2010 issue of Scientific American
Mind. Where appropriate, I’ve listed the
lead researcher and where the study took place after each item.
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