This Common Activity Is Reducing Your IQ, According to Research Eric Barker writes Barking Up the Wrong Tree. Lack of sleep affects intelligence Missing an hour of sleep turns a sixth grader’s brain into that of a fourth grader. Via NurtureShock: The performance gap caused by an hour’s difference in sleep was bigger than the gap between a normal fourth-grader and a normal sixth-grader. There is a correlation between grades and average amount of sleep. Teens who received A’s averaged about fifteen more minutes sleep than the B students, who in turn averaged fifteen more minutes than the C’s, and so on. Not only does it affect intelligence, lack of sleep also reduces impulse control. A different mechanism causes children to be inattentive in class. And when we’re tired it’s actually harder to be happy. 5 Horrible Habits You Need to Stop Right Now Chris Pecoraro—Getty Images Negative stimuli get processed by the amygdala; positive or neutral memories gets processed by the hippocampus. To learn how to get the best night’s sleep of your life, click here.
Logical Fallacies: The Fallacy Files Body Atlas Reveals Where We Feel Happiness and Shame - D-brief Yellow shows regions of increased sensation while blue areas represent decreased feeling in these composite images. Image courtesy of Lauri Nummenmaa, Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari, and Jari Hietanen. Chests puffing up with pride — and happiness felt head to toe — are sensations as real as they are universal. And now we can make an atlas of them. Researchers have long known that emotions are connected to a range of physiological changes, from nervous job candidates’ sweaty palms to the racing pulse that results from hearing a strange noise at night. Once More With Feeling More than 700 participants in Finland, Sweden and Taiwan participated in experiments aimed at mapping their bodily sensations in connection with specific emotions. Researchers found statistically discrete areas for each emotion tested, such as happiness, contempt and love, that were consistent regardless of respondents’ nationality. Hot-Headed The findings enhance researchers’ understanding of how we process emotions.
Logical Fallacies Introduction to Argument Structure of a Logical Argument Whether we are consciously aware of it or not, our arguments all follow a certain basic structure. Premise1: If A = B, Premise2: and B = C Logical connection: Then (apply principle of equivalence) Conclusion: A = C In order for an argument to be considered valid the logical form of the argument must work – must be valid. Also it is important to note that an argument may use wrong information, or faulty logic to reach a conclusion that happens to be true. Breaking down an argument into its components is a very useful exercise, for it enables us to examine both our own arguments and those of others and critically analyze them for validity. Examine your Premises As stated above, in order for an argument to be sound all of its premises must be true. There are several types of potential problems with premises. Premises may also be true, as far as they go, but are incomplete. Let’s go back to the transitional fossil example again.
10 Natural Remedies for Swollen Feet and Ankles Swelling in your feet and ankles is called edema, and there are a lot of things that can cause the problem, from high blood pressure to pregnancy. What’s happening is your body is having trouble fighting gravity to move blood and fluids back up your legs, so your ankles, feet, and even your legs can begin to swell. Edema on its own is not harmful, but it is uncomfortable. If you are seeing one foot or leg swelling a lot more than the other, or your face is swelling, you do want to call your doctor, because the cause could be a blood clot, and you don’t want to wait to address that problem. That uncomfortable swelling is not actually a disorder, just a symptom, and the best way to treat it is to treat the root cause. Whatever the reason, these remedies can help give you some relief while you sort out the cause of your edema. 1. Magnesium deficiency can contribute to edema, and taking a supplement can help give you some relief. 2. Love This? Thanks for subscribing! 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Ynetnews Opinion - No ‘Azaria effect’ in East Talpiot attack It was clear that someone would rush to link Elor Azaria’s verdict to the cadets’ response to the vehicular attack that took place in Jerusalem on Sunday. This is an artificial attempt to provoke the army from the wrong angle. Sunday’s incident exposed a professional failure that has nothing to do with Azaria’s faulty conduct. Follow Ynetnews on Facebook and Twitter What was exposed on Sunday was a chronic disease that every chief of staff passes on to his successor: The military training given to soldiers serving in the home front as part of a basic officers course meant for soldiers in vocational positions in the army. Being a combat soldier requires long, specialized training. Documentation of Sunday's attack. The natural, human instinct when a truck drives towards you at full speed is to escape. The combat soldier’s training is aimed at creating an automatic response to threats. Moreover, it was a group of soldiers in a situation that entailed no alertness, just a field trip.
A Graph of the Laziest Countries in the World (Hooray! We're Not #1) - Derek Thompson Congratulations, Maltese women: You are the world's most physically inactive demographic! Take a bow. Better yet, take a walk. From country-to-country, inactivity rises with age, is higher in women than in men, and rises in higher-income countries, according to a new study on idleness in The Lancet. Here's a map of the world's sloth, via The Economist. Countries in darker colors had greater recorded inactivity, defined as failing to reach 30 minutes of moderate activity a day. Inactivity might rise with income, but some of the world's most inactive groups are women in countries with barriers to female employment, such as Libya and Saudi Arabia. What about America, the alleged king of couch potatoes?
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