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Spanking

26 Jun

It seems that spanking doesn’t work well to correct a child’s misbehavior. Scientists at Southern Methodist University used real-time audio recordings of parent and child interactions during everyday activities, like bath time and diner. They found that after 30 out of 41 spankings, the kids misbehaved again within 10 minutes. ( In Brief, Monitor on Psychology, 2014, 45(7), p. 19)

Happiness

21 Jun

Rita Mae Brown: Happiness is pretty simple – someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to. 

Psychcopathy

19 Jun

Callousness toward others has been found to be related to deficits in a key empathy circuit in the brain. (Knight, M. Psychopath’s broken empathy circuit. Scientific American Mind, 2014, 25(1), p. 19)

Fear of Happiness

15 Jun

Usually unhappiness is seen as a problem, but there are those in every culture who fear happiness. Some people are afraid that happiness will result in a lack of drive, some believe that in worry lies safety, others believe that if they are happy, disaster will surely follow. (Scientific American Mind, 2014, 25 (1), p. 18)

Wisdom

11 Jun

Desmond Tutu: Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.

Cool Off

5 Jun

Analyzing 60 studies over disparate fields, University of California researchers found that no matter where or when, hotter and dryer weather were linked to more violence. (Ajai, R. Hate-filled rage..Scientific American Mind, 2014, 25 (1), pp.16-17)

Pain Killers & OD

2 Jun

More overdose deaths come from painkillers than heroin and cocaine combined. (Jacobson, R. Bitter medicine. Scientific American Mind, 2014, 25(1), p. 15)

Wisdom

30 May

Samuel Beckett: Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail better.

Sleep

27 May

Scientists are finding that good sleep restores cognitive functions on a daily basis and also may protect the brain over time by facilitating myelination of neurons. (Scientific American Mind, 2013, 1, p. 12)

Who pays?

21 May

On a first date, it is advised that the pair talk about who is to pay what in order to avoid awkwardness, Sixty-four percent of men have been found to expect their dates to chip in. (Scientific American Mind, 2013, 1, p. 11)

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