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cognitive load and willpower
Yeah, that does make a lot of sense. I find that when I'm having a particularly busy day when things begin to overload somewhat, I'll run down to the Starbucks and grab a coffee and a brownie, knowing full well I shouldn't be eating that brownie. Yet I feel better afterward.
fascinating indeed. it also gives me another great excuse not to eat healthy. sorry, my brain's making overtime so i can't make rational decissions. it doesn't explain my lack of willpower when it comes to writing and working.
Well, the cake would provide the brain almost immediately with the glucose it needs to work, as well as the starch and fat to convert later so maybe there's a reason we go for the sugar. And besides, it's chocolate.
Brains need sugar. I've seen patients have seizures when their glucose levels get too low.
I knew I needed those cookies I ate for breakfast.
I almost never ignore my body when it tells me it needs sweets.
Me either, I've never had much use for willpower. Besides, nothing makes me want to put the hurt on those around me like denying myself something sweet.
::reminds self to always have cookies handy around Heather::
I tell diabetic patient to carry one of those little tubes of cake frosting around with them and to rub some into their gums or squirt some under their tongues if they start feeling hypoglycemic. Much less risk of aspirating if they go unconscious, plus the sugar is absorbed through the mucus membranes very quickly, even if they are unconscious.
hmmm, maybe I should pretend to be diabetic so that I have an excuse to carry around frosting in my purse. I usually just carry around those powdered doughnuts, you never know when you might need them.
And that would be wise Jim, you don't want me to put the eye on you. :)
::quickly hides behind ficus to bake some cookies in a hurry::
Mary wrote: "I tell diabetic patient to carry one of those little tubes of cake frosting around with them and to rub some into their gums or squirt some under their tongues if they start feeling hypoglycemic. M..."Such a good idea. I'm going to put one in my purse/car for the husband. He doesn't like the glucose tablets and juice isn't always doable. Thanks for the tip, Mary.
I think my prefrontal cortex might be broken. My willpower is the strongest when my brain is overloaded and busy. Oh well, I am a freak. :-)
::wonder if I even have a prefrontal cortex?::
Unless you are Phineas Gage, I'm sure you do
Well, I had to Google Phineas Gage, but I'm glad I wasn't him.
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Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
is an AWESOME book, by the way.
I heard that piece on NPR, too. I wish someone would be waiting outside MY office in the hallway with a choice of fruit or cake.
Um, what was the question? I forget...
I heard the NPR piece too. Really interesting. And of course, now you all have me very very hungry.
Today, I choose cake. Cake, cake, cake. I'll recite any numbers you want me to.
Hey, there was cake and fruit in the staff room! What else should I wish for?:::ponders....
:::concentrates hard, gets distracted by thoughts of chocolate cake...:::
this explains how models stay so slim ;)
They can't count, Sarah Pi. ;)
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models stay thin because they can't open jars and boxes of food
Mary's comment about a tube of cake frosting reminded me somehow of watching a Fleetwood Mac concert in Cedar Falls in 1981. Stevie Nicks kept drifting offstage and drifting back on. The Rumor was that her septum was so trashed she had to get someone to blow cocaine up her a-hole. I don't know why that came back in my brain, but there you go.
My wife just attended a presentation given by the Madison Police Dept at her work that talked about plugging, which is anal drug taking. I have to tell ya I'm old because I never knew this existed, but it seems to be a pretty common way of taking drugs now.
And good morning! I'm awake now.Please tell me that the police did not demonstrate this for the crowd.
RandomAnthony wrote: "And good morning! I'm awake now.
Please tell me that the police did not demonstrate this for the crowd."
No, but the discussion did include alcohol, because it will get into your blood stream faster this way.
Please tell me that the police did not demonstrate this for the crowd."
No, but the discussion did include alcohol, because it will get into your blood stream faster this way.
Windfall Apple wrote: "
Ya live 'n learn Jim."
Never too old to learn.
Ya live 'n learn Jim."
Never too old to learn.
Yeah, but do we want to Jim??
Ignorance, sometimes, really is bliss..
RandomAnthony wrote: "And good morning! I'm awake now.Please tell me that the police did not demonstrate this for the crowd."
There's an emergency epilepsy drug that is administered rectally. When I'm doing a high school presentation I always take along an empty (never used demonstration model) syringe of Diastat. If there's a kid who gives me trouble during the presentation I toss that to him and then ask everyone to figure out what it is.
Good for laughs.
Windfall Apple wrote: "
Yeah, but do we want to Jim??
Ignorance, sometimes, really is bliss.."
I can be quite blissful Windfall!
Yeah, but do we want to Jim??
Ignorance, sometimes, really is bliss.."
I can be quite blissful Windfall!
And me also Jim. Blissfully so.
Cynthia wrote: "Mary's comment about a tube of cake frosting reminded me somehow of watching a Fleetwood Mac concert in Cedar Falls in 1981. Stevie Nicks kept drifting offstage and drifting back on. The Rumor was ..."That is truly fascinating. Makes me wonder how people ever discovered such things. People never fail to blow my mind.
Heather wrote: "Cynthia wrote: "Mary's comment about a tube of cake frosting reminded me somehow of watching a Fleetwood Mac concert in Cedar Falls in 1981. Stevie Nicks kept drifting offstage and drifting back on..."I guess a junkie will always be looking for a new vein/hole for his poison. Have you ever watched that A&E TV show "Intervention?" It will teach you all sorts of tricks. Stay away if you are squeamish around needles.
I have not seen it, but I'm sure that I will love it. I am always captivated by such things. Thanks for the rec.
Heather wrote: "I have not seen it, but I'm sure that I will love it. I am always captivated by such things. Thanks for the rec."You can watch whole episodes on line at the A&E site. Many hours of my life have disappeared this way. Glad to enable you any way I can.
I never knew I was squeamish around needles, until after a football game my ribs hurt, so my mom took me into the doctors office to have them looked at, he turns around with the needle in his hand, and the next thing I saw was the floorboard heater. I fainted and fell off the examination table before either of them had a chance to grab me.
I tried to give blood once, it took me a long time to build up the courage to go. Went to the donation center, filled out the paperwork and was told to have a seat, it would be about 10 minutes. About 7 minutes in I was really bright red and sweating, the lady came over to see if I was alright, I just looked at her and said I'm sorry if I wouldn't have had to wait I might have made it as I walked out the door.
That is why I had a wisdom tooth pulled with out pain killer. At the appointment before hand my dentist kept asking if I was sure about this, and I assured him I was. My wife told me that maybe he was nervous about doing it without, so maybe I should just to relax him. So when I went in I told him if it would make him feel better, I would take the shot. He just looked at me and said "oh no, I've been looking forward to this all day". My son came home a couple days later and said that the dentists sons had both made comments to him at school about it. I was the brave man who wouldn't take painkiller. They told my wife at the next visit that I am known as the Patient (read dumbass) that won't take painkiller.
I tried to give blood once, it took me a long time to build up the courage to go. Went to the donation center, filled out the paperwork and was told to have a seat, it would be about 10 minutes. About 7 minutes in I was really bright red and sweating, the lady came over to see if I was alright, I just looked at her and said I'm sorry if I wouldn't have had to wait I might have made it as I walked out the door.
That is why I had a wisdom tooth pulled with out pain killer. At the appointment before hand my dentist kept asking if I was sure about this, and I assured him I was. My wife told me that maybe he was nervous about doing it without, so maybe I should just to relax him. So when I went in I told him if it would make him feel better, I would take the shot. He just looked at me and said "oh no, I've been looking forward to this all day". My son came home a couple days later and said that the dentists sons had both made comments to him at school about it. I was the brave man who wouldn't take painkiller. They told my wife at the next visit that I am known as the Patient (read dumbass) that won't take painkiller.
i think i like needles - but not in a junkie way. it's fascinating to see the blood flow and painkillers when pulling a wisdom tooth are a must if you ask me.
Oh Jim, you should never ever get a tattoo then. Even though I think it was crazy of you to have your wisdom teeth cut out without the meds, I have to tip my hat to you. I'm terrified of the dentist and they can inject me with whatever they want as long as I'm not lucid while I am there.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...
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It turns out, Jonah explains, that the part of our brain that is most reasonable, rational and do-the-right-thing is easily toppled by the pull of raw sensual appetite, the lure of sweet. Knowing something is the right thing to do takes work — brain work — and our brains aren't always up to that. The experiment, after all, tells us brains can't even hold more than seven numbers at a time. Add five extra digits, and good sense tiptoes out of your head, and in comes the cake. "This helps explain why, after a long day at the office, we're more likely to indulge in a pint of ice cream, or eat one too many slices of leftover pizza," Lehrer writes.
This makes sense to me. What do you think? I'm often more likely to stress-eat, for example, if I get home late from work and I'm really tired.