[MD] Metaphysics and the mystic.

[David Thomas]

On 2/3/12 12:11 AM, "Carl Thames" <cthames at centurytel.net> wrote:

> This is the problem I have with the current brain research.  Yes, we know
> which areas of the brain lights up when we experience specific emotions.
> The problem is the stimuli.  For example, you're walking through the park on
> a beautiful spring day, the weather is perfect, and your significant other
> is beaming at you.  I walk up to you and hand you a pretty flower and say,
> "Peace, Brother."  You smile and take the flower.

Or this one:

MEDICINE PRIZE: Mirjam Tuk (of THE NETHERLANDS and the UK), Debra Trampe (of
THE NETHERLANDS) and Luk Warlop (of BELGIUM). and jointly to Matthew Lewis,
Peter Snyder and Robert Feldman (of the USA), Robert Pietrzak, David Darby,
and Paul Maruff (of AUSTRALIA) for demonstrating that people make better
decisions about some kinds of things — but worse decisions about other kinds
of things‚ when they have a strong urge to urinate.

REFERENCE: "Inhibitory Spillover: Increased Urination Urgency Facilitates
Impulse Control in Unrelated Domains," Mirjam A. Tuk, Debra Trampe and Luk
Warlop, Psychological Science, vol. 22, no. 5, May 2011, pp. 627-633.
REFERENCE: "The Effect of Acute Increase in Urge to Void on Cognitive
Function in Healthy Adults," Matthew S. Lewis, Peter J. Snyder, Robert H.
Pietrzak, David Darby, Robert A. Feldman, Paul T. Maruff, Neurology and
Urodynamics, vol. 30, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 183-7.
ATTENDING THE CEREMONY: Mirjam Tuk, Luk Warlop, Peter Snyder, Robert
Feldman, David Darby

http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2011

;-)

Dave