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The Stressful Situation of Disease
Posted on October 26, 2010
Here is a synopsis of a recent article, titled “Do neighbourhoods matter? Neighbourhood disorder and long-term trends in serum cortisol levels (published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health), by Patrick H. Ryan (for Environmental Health News): * * * Children – especially African Americans – who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods have consistently low […]
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Performing Under Pressure
Posted on September 22, 2010
Situationist friend Sian Beilock’s highly anticipated new book, Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To, is now out. As someone who has had both great successes and great failures under pressure, I’ve been very excited to read Choke since Sian first mentioned it to me. What […]
Posted in Abstracts, Book, Life, Neuroscience, Positive Psychology, Situationist Sports | 3 Comments »
The Viral Situation of Obesity
Posted on September 21, 2010
From UC San Diego News: The emerging idea that obesity may have an infectious origin gets new support in a cross-sectional study by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers who found that children exposed to a particular strain of adenovirus were significantly more likely to be obese. The study will be published […]
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The Situation of Psychopaths
Posted on July 8, 2010
NPR’s Morning Edition had a three-part series, called “Inside the Criminal Brain” (hosted by Renee Montagne and Barbara Hagerty) at the end of June. The first in the of the series, “Neuroscientist Uncovers A Dark Secret” (which you can listen to here) tells the story of neuroscientist James Fallon. Here are some excerpts from the […]
Posted in Choice Myth, Emotions, Legal Theory, Morality, Neuroscience, Video | 3 Comments »
Our Carcinogenic Situation
Posted on May 12, 2010
The President’s Cancer Panel last week published its 2008 – 2009 Annual Report, “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risks: What We Can Do Now.” Here is an extended excerpt from the Report’s executive summary, describing the extent of the problem. * * * Despite overall decreases in incidence and mortality, cancer continues to shatter and steal the […]
Posted in Deep Capture, Environment, Food and Drug Law, Politics | 1 Comment »
Hey Dove! Talk to YOUR parent!
Posted on September 21, 2009
[This post was first published in October of 2007.] Several weeks ago, as part of its much lauded “Dove Campaign for Real Beauty,” Unilever released “Onslaught,” a video (above) examining disturbing images of women in beauty-industry advertising. The video ends with this admonition to parents: “Talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does.” It’s […]
Posted in Choice Myth, Deep Capture, Life, Marketing, Video | 2 Comments »
Situationally Idle: Is Summer Vacation too Long for Kids?
Posted on June 16, 2009
A pediatrician blogging on Daily Kos challenges the merits of 12-week-long summer vacation for kids. We excerpt his piece below. * * * For some kids, summer vacation will mean a dizzying array of chores and sports, camps and sitters. For others, vacation means sitting camped out in front of a television ten hours a […]
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The Marketing Situation of Children
Posted on May 20, 2009
The Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood has an excellent video, Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood, depicting the ubiquity and power of childhood advertising. Here’s the trailer. For related Situationist posts, see “Merchants of Discontent – Abstract,” “Hey Dove! Talk to YOUR parent!,” “Spas and Girls,” and “Fitting in and Sizing up.”
Posted in Marketing, Video | 4 Comments »
Smile If You Love Your Future Relationships
Posted on April 25, 2009
From Live Science, here’s an interesting summary by Clara Moskowitz of recent research suggesting that “Smiles Predict Marriage Success.” Here are some excerpts. * * * If you want to know whether your marriage will survive, look at your spouse’s yearbook photos. Psychologists have found that how much people smile in old photographs can predict […]
Posted in Abstracts, Emotions, Life, Positive Psychology | 5 Comments »
Emotional Content of True and False Memories – Abstract
Posted on December 8, 2008
Cara Laney and Elizabeth Loftus recently published their interesting article, Emotional Content of True and False Memories (16 Psychol. Press 500-516 (2008) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract. * * * Many people believe that emotional memories (including those that arise in therapy) are particularly likely to represent true events because of their emotional content. But […]
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The Situation of Medical Research
Posted on June 15, 2008
Gardiner Harris and Benedict Carey wrote an article in last week’s New York Times includes, titled “Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay.“ In it , they describe yet another instance of industry influence over what research and manipulation of the marketplace of ideas. We’ve included a few excerpts from the story below. * * […]
Posted in Deep Capture, Education, Food and Drug Law, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
The Situation of the American Middle Class
Posted on June 11, 2008
Last month, NPR’s On Point (with host Tom Ashbrook) had a one-hour show titled “Falling Behind Our Parents.” Here’s the show’s description. * * * Nan Mooney is thirtysomething, well-educated, the child of baby boomers who herself grew up with all the accoutrements of what was very recently thought to be a regular middle-class American […]
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