Are You a “Pre-crastinator”?
The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Scientific American. Each of us, at times, can be a procrastinator, putting off something that is hard to do or that we don’t want to do. But three researchers at Pennsylvania State University think we humans may also be precrastinators—hurrying to get something done so we can cross it off our mental to-do list, even if the rush ends up being wasteful. The researchers also claim to have coined the term “precrastination.” Psychology professor David Rosenbaum and his two collaborators reached their conclusion after asking 257 students to complete a bucket challenge. Almost all of the students chose the bucket that was closer to them—meaning, farther from the end of the alley, requiring more physical work to complete the task. Rosenbaum actually designed the experiment to investigate aspects of walking and reaching; he is an expert in human perception and motor control.
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The Human Brain - Relieve Stress
Exercise not only defuses a stressful situation, it better prepares you to cope with future stress and helps to fight depression . The World Health Organization warns that by the year 2020, depression will be the second leading cause of death and disability in the world – primarily due to more stressful lifestyles, poverty, and violence. When University of California at San Diego researchers kept track of more than 900 older adults whose average age was 70, they found that those who exercised regularly had the best moods a decade later. One of the study's authors, Dr.
Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Distress | Psychology Today
Excessive concerns about making mistakes, pernicious self-doubt, harsh self-criticism, impossibly high standards or expectations for performance, a strong and chronic tendency to evaluate one’s performance as not measuring up to levels expected by oneself or others - these are features of maladaptive perfectionism that predict psychological distress. In a longitudinal study across the semester of a sample of predominantly female undergraduate students, Kenneth Rice, Clarissa Richardson, and Dustin Clark from the University of Florida examined the relations between measures of perfectionism, procrastination, and psychological distress. They explored a number of different potential models that might explain the relation among these variables, with a particular emphasis on a model where perfectionism leads to more procrastination that increases psychological distress. Interestingly, this isn’t what they found. Perfectionism and Procrastination Results Implications The authors write, References
J'enseigne moins, ils apprennent mieux ... I teach less, they learn better
Des lecteurs de ce Blog m’ont demandé de présenter un dispositif concret où je mets en action les cinq facettes de mon modèle d’apprentissage ou encore l’intégration des compétences dans l’enseignement … Voici une présentation de l’un de mes cours, un dispositif hybride dans lequel je mets en pratique ces idées (une version antérieure de cette présentation a été publiée dans notre journal « Résonances » de janvier 2011). Je l’ai écrite sous la forme d’une interview … que je me fais à moi-même … une opération de réflexivité ! La rédaction : Marcel Lebrun, on vous connaît comme conseiller « technopédagogique » à l’IPM, moins comme enseignant. Même si on peut le deviner, qu’enseignez-vous au juste ? Marcel Lebrun : Et bien oui, outre mon travail à l’IPM, je donne des cours de technologies pour la formation, l’enseignement et l’apprentissage, des cours finalement assez éloignés de la préoccupation instrumentaliste. R : Et vos publics ? Objectifs et méthodes ML : Non et oui ! Informations
LBD Medical Alert Wallet Card | Lewy Body Dementia Association
Click here to download a PDF of LBDA's Medical Alert Wallet Card. This Medical Alert Wallet Card has been developed to help you quickly inform Emergency Room medical professionals of important medication sensitivites in LBD. Present this card any time you are hospitalized, require emergency medical care, or meet with a new physician for the first time. To request a printed copy, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope with first class postage along with your request to LBDA, 912 Killian Hill Road SW, Suite 202C, Atlanta, GA 30047. For multiple copies, click here. The card contains the following message to physicians: Emergency Treatment of Psychosis in LBD Psychotic symptoms such as visual hallucinations of people or animals, or misidentifying one’s spouse or one’s home are common in LBD. 1. 2. 3. 4. A more comprehensive physician’s guide to treating behavioral disturbances in LBD patients can be found at www.lbda.org/go/ER.
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Kenosis
Kenosis, from the Greek word for emptiness κένωσις (kénōsis), is the "self-emptying" of one's personal will to become entirely receptive to divine will, often referred to as the will of God or Allah, or the way of Brahman, Nirvana, Tao, Dharma, Cosmos or the All. Concepts involving it are prominent in some forms of Christian theology, Stoicism, Sufism and many other forms of mysticism, and considered controversial or even heretical in others. The word ἐκένωσεν (ekénōsen) is used in Philippians 2:7, "Jesus made himself nothing" (NIV) or "he emptied himself" (NRSV), using the verb form κενόω (kenóō) "to empty". See also Strong's G2758. See also: Quotes[edit] The concentration of a small child at play is analogous to the concentration of the artist of any discipline. Let this mind be in you, which was also in ChristJesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant. ~ Paul of Tarsus
We are Wired to Respond to Cannabis
CANNABIS Cures Cancer… and Everything Else… …which is the real reason it’s illegal! How cannabis works “Cannabinoids” is a blanket term covering a family of complex chemicals (both natural and man-made) that lock on to cannabinoid receptors—protein molecules on the surface of cells. Humans have been using cannabis plants for medicinal and recreational purposes for thousands of years, but cannabinoids themselves were first purified from cannabis plants in the 1940s. “We’re all born with a form of cannabis already in our bodies. The CB1 and CB2 receptors We have two different types of cannabinoid receptor, CB1 and CB2, which are found in different locations and do different things. The Endocannabinoid System Also: Cannabis Cures Cancer! MORE AND MORE we are beginning to understand that marijuana is far more than a street-level ‘drug’. One of the latest methods of reaping its benefits is juicing, as one woman learned the hard way. 1Czbe1ty2UQNHYxvpJqfJEdeaL2cYmzc5T
