Scientists Identify Sourpuss Gene. The inability to look on the bright side might have a genetic basis.
A new study from the University of British Columbia has found a genetic variant might make the negative more salient than the positive for its carriers. A total of 207 participants were tested for a variant of the gene ADRA2B, a variant that has previously been linked to an enhanced ability to encode emotional memories. The participants were shown, in quick flashes, a set of 84 words designed to arouse positive, negative and neutral emotions while the researchers recorded their attentional blink, a perception test. Positive thinking: Reduce stress by eliminating negative self-talk.
Positive thinking: Stop negative self-talk to reduce stress Positive thinking helps with stress management and can even improve your health.
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But the bar owner, Zhang Chang, says he has little time to follow such debates. He's too busy working. While French workers worry the country's long economic downturn could mean the end of laws banning Sunday trading and enforcing a 35-hour week, Zhang and Chinese immigrants like him are quietly getting ahead the old-fashioned way - 11 hours a day, six days a week. "As I see it, when you work, you're paid. La confiance en soi - Par Antoni GIROD. J'ai décidé de vous faire partager aujourd'hui un excellent article d'Antoni GIROD, paru dans la revu "ITF COACHING AND SPORTS SCIENCE REVIEW n° 25 de décembre 2001.
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Bill Gates invites us all to read Jared Diamond's The World Until Yesterday. Microsoft founder Bill Gates has shared his personal summer reading list in a blogpost and invited readers to join him in reading The World Until Yesterday by Jared Diamond, which explores what traditional societies can teach those living in the west.
Gates say he's "a big fan" of the popular science writer. "Like a lot of people, I was blown away by Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel. I had never read anything that explained so much about human history. None of the classes I took in high school or college answered what I thought was one of the biggest and most important questions about history: Why do some societies advance so much faster and further than others? " Ways To Boost Your Self-Confidence.
A study from the University of Texas at Austin found that children who took piano lessons had higher self-esteem than their peers. 117 fourth graders attending public schools in Montreal were chosen who had no formal music instruction, no piano at home, and an annual family income of below $40,000. 63 children were given an acoustic piano and received weekly piano lessons for three years, and 54 students did not participate in any formal music instruction.
The kids were tested on their self-confidence, academic achievement, cognitive abilities, musical abilities, and motor proficiency at the beginning and throughout the three year study. How To Become More Happy.