World in my mind - How to behave the way we do - Research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences discovered the amygdala also warns about financial risk. Two women with damaged amygdalas played a gambling game with several people with normal brains.
Those with normal brains were reluctant to risk money even with odds in their favor. The two women, however, were extreme risk takers - which makes one wonder about the amygdalas of bankers involved in 2008's government bailout.
Good deeds aren't boring and other peoples' good deeds can inspire us to be better people. Another study published in the journal Psychological Science had 36 women individually watch a video clip of an Oprah good deed, a nature documentary or a comedy show.
After each woman was told she could leave because the research computer wasn't working, each was asked if she'd help the researcher by filling out an admittedly boring questionnaire for another study, stopping whenever she wanted. Those who had watched the Oprah clip spent twice as long on the questionnaire. It seems good deeds are inspirational indeed. So how to behave the way we do? It's World in my mind.
Those with normal brains were reluctant to risk money even with odds in their favor. The two women, however, were extreme risk takers - which makes one wonder about the amygdalas of bankers involved in 2008's government bailout.
Good deeds aren't boring and other peoples' good deeds can inspire us to be better people. Another study published in the journal Psychological Science had 36 women individually watch a video clip of an Oprah good deed, a nature documentary or a comedy show.
After each woman was told she could leave because the research computer wasn't working, each was asked if she'd help the researcher by filling out an admittedly boring questionnaire for another study, stopping whenever she wanted. Those who had watched the Oprah clip spent twice as long on the questionnaire. It seems good deeds are inspirational indeed. So how to behave the way we do? It's World in my mind.
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