The Minimally Conscious
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/magazine/can-ambien-wake-minimally-conscious.html?pagewanted=3&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210
Unconscious biases and other research on human cognition
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/opinion/brooks-who-you-are.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212&_r=0
Science of Perception
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/science/clothes-and-self-perception.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120403
TED Talk about emotion, trust, & morality
http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_zak_trust_morality_and_oxytocin.html#.TrCSacxAccs.mailto
Unconscious biases and other research on human cognition-Based on what Kahneman has said, even though he turned his sweater inside out, and they yellow star was slightly sticking out from his shirt,the SS trooper knew he was a Jew. Even after seeing that, the trooper was so overwhelmed with emotion that he put the boy being Jewish aside and was flooded with with memories and longing for his child. Also going along with the statistics about the grand jury officials that are more lenient to the people on trial an hour after they have eaten a meal because food makes us feel good and realease endorphins as well as other hormones. We are creatures of emotion, love and longing took over the SS trooper and being happy after eating played a part in the juries being more lenient to the people on trial.
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ReplyDeleteI think the article presents a very fascinating aspect of psychology: The body seems to control the mind almost as much as the mind controls the body (I am not using mind here in the dualist sense of the word -- brain might be more appropriate). I agree that what we wear can have marked effects of the nature of our behavior, such that, for example, when we dress professionally we feel and consequently act more professionally (or the opposite, if dressed poorly). I think that, as the article alludes to, this concept can be extended beyond clothes. Personally, I have always felt more productive when I am clean (specifically, right after I have taken a shower); I cannot rationalize why, but it just seems to me that I tend to get more accomplished. It would naturally appear that the brain alone controls the body and the majority of its processes (with the exception maybe of some spinal cord reflexes), but it seems that scientists are more and more finding that the opposite is perhaps just as true.
TED Talk about emotion, trust, & morality
ReplyDeleteThis was do interesting for me. I would have never even thought about the links between oxytocin, trust, and morality. Or hormones/molecules and morality in generally being linked together. It was a real eye opener for me and makes me want to look into these connections in life even more.
In relation to the Science of perception article, I thought the article addressed an important point that was somewhat of a dualism trait like the one Michael brought up previously where the mind controls the body as much as the body controls the mind. It was very interesting to see how the mind plays a role in the behavior you have such as the way you act plays a role in the clothes you wear or the way your personal hygiene constitutes your behavior.
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