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(Image taken and cropped from DeviantArt, entitled “Positive Psychology” by user jervis0) So I was skimming around the American Psychological Association website trying to find methods of using APA style in a paper we have to do for abnormal psychology (which is a pain of it’s own). I came across an article which had to do with the fact that risky decisions have nothing to do with age, but with cognition. The only real difference between older people and younger people is the fact that some older people need more time to make the decision. However, they didn’t show any less lack of judgement, and can do the same or better on tests involving finances. Credit goes to Duke University for implementing the study. In other news, apparently it’s time to get in touch with your spiritual side. According to researchers at the University of Manchester,  long-time meditation enthusiasts show an increased tolerance to pain, or rather, they don’t as readily perceive it as much as others, so it’s not as uncomfortable. They looked at people who practice the art, from the range of doing it for a few months to several years. One of the researchers at Manchester, Dr. Christopher Brown (lol), had this to say about it: “The results of the study confirm how we suspected meditation might affect the brain. Meditation trains the brain to be more present-focused and therefore to spend less time anticipating future negative events. This may be why meditation is effective at reducing the recurrence of depression, which makes chronic pain considerably worse.” So there you have it. Meditation seems to be a pretty effective tool. I myself have wanted to start, but I can never seem to get into it. In the short time that I did practice it, I noticed a great sense of relaxation in the hours following it. If you’re looking for a little introspection, it’s a great way to be one with your thoughts with few outside stimuli to distract you. We all definitely need to look inside ourselves sometime. That’s all I have from the psychology world. I hope you all enjoy it. Here’s the links to the articles: Cognititonhttp://psychcentral.com/news/2010/06/02/risky-decisions-linked-to-cognition-not-age/14236.html Meditationhttp://psychcentral.com/news/2010/06/03/habitual-meditation-reduces-pain-perception/14261.html  

(Image taken and cropped from DeviantArt, entitled “Positive Psychology” by user jervis0)

So I was skimming around the American Psychological Association website trying to find methods of using APA style in a paper we have to do for abnormal psychology (which is a pain of it’s own). I came across an article which had to do with the fact that risky decisions have nothing to do with age, but with cognition. The only real difference between older people and younger people is the fact that some older people need more time to make the decision. However, they didn’t show any less lack of judgement, and can do the same or better on tests involving finances. Credit goes to Duke University for implementing the study.

In other news, apparently it’s time to get in touch with your spiritual side. According to researchers at the University of Manchester,  long-time meditation enthusiasts show an increased tolerance to pain, or rather, they don’t as readily perceive it as much as others, so it’s not as uncomfortable. They looked at people who practice the art, from the range of doing it for a few months to several years. One of the researchers at Manchester, Dr. Christopher Brown (lol), had this to say about it:

“The results of the study confirm how we suspected meditation might affect the brain. Meditation trains the brain to be more present-focused and therefore to spend less time anticipating future negative events. This may be why meditation is effective at reducing the recurrence of depression, which makes chronic pain considerably worse.”

So there you have it. Meditation seems to be a pretty effective tool. I myself have wanted to start, but I can never seem to get into it. In the short time that I did practice it, I noticed a great sense of relaxation in the hours following it. If you’re looking for a little introspection, it’s a great way to be one with your thoughts with few outside stimuli to distract you. We all definitely need to look inside ourselves sometime.

That’s all I have from the psychology world. I hope you all enjoy it. Here’s the links to the articles:

Cognititon
http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/06/02/risky-decisions-linked-to-cognition-not-age/14236.html

Meditation
http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/06/03/habitual-meditation-reduces-pain-perception/14261.html

 

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