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We can't be the alpha dog all of the time. Whatever our personality, most of us experience varying degrees of feeling in charge. Some situations take us down a notch while others build us up. New research shows that it's possible to control those feelings a bit more, to be able to summon an extra surge of power and sense of well-being when it's needed: for example, during a job interview or for a key presentation to a group of skeptical customers.
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If you ask Emma Anders about the number five, she'll tell you that it's red. She'll also tell you that five is a mischievous, self-centered brat — like a kid throwing a temper tantrum at a party. "Two is yellow, three is purple, four is an intense sky blue," says the 21-year old student at UC San Diego. "An eight is very noble and kind of held together, almost like a parent figure to five. Nine is a brown-haired guy, and he's pretty calm — but he's really into seven." For most people, a number is simply an arithmetical value that represents a quantity.
Les gens veulent se suicider désormais. Ils le disent. Ils préviennent : « Si ça ne marche pas, j'arrête cette vie, je n'en peux plus ».
Le passé aide toujours à comprendre le présent. Xavier de la Porte nous ouvre cette semaine la porte de l'histoire de notre rapport aux technologies. "L'infobésité", l'une des plaie de l'internet, est-elle propre au réseau ? La lecture de la semaine, il s'agit d'un post du blog que Cynthia Haven, critique littéraire, tient sur le site de l'université de Stanford, en Californie. Le titre du post : "Les nouveaux médias sociaux ne sont peut-être pas si nouveaux que ça". "Si vous vous sentez submergés par les médias sociaux", commence Cynthia Haven, "sachez que vous n'êtes pas les premiers dans l'Histoire.
New research shows a possible explanation for the link between mental health and creativity. By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia. High creative skills have been shown to be somewhat more common in people who have mental illness in the family.