Editor’s Selections: Pain, anxiety, jealosy, and self-control
December 15th, 2009 Editor's Selections 3 Comments
Dave Munger selects several notable posts each week from psychology and neuroscience. He blogs at Cognitive Daily and has a weekly column on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM.
- Mothers experience chronic pain long after their babies are delivered. The Healthskills blog discusses the shockingly high incidence of pain after caesareans and other delivery room procedures.
- Acidity means anxiety … acidity in the brain, that is. Neuroskeptic discusses research suggesting that acid levels in the amygdala have an impact on anxiety.
- The relationship between height and jealosy. Your partner’s height has a dramatic effect on how jealous you are, says the eHarmony Labs blog.
- People are really bad at exercising self-control. I’ve always heard that you should never go to the grocery store hungry. This study suggests that going to the store full could also be a bad idea.
