From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 10:56:27 MDT
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 05:28:22AM -0700, Doug Skrecky wrote:
>
> research published in the Journal
> of Personality and Social Psychology
They have other fun studies too:
Longevity increased by positive self-perceptions of aging:
http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/press_releases/august_2002/psp832261.pdf
(People with positive self-perceptions of aging lived 7.5 years longer)
Stimulation Seeking and Intelligence: A Prospective Longitudinal Study:
http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/press_releases/april_2002/psp824663.pdf
(stimulation seeking kids create an enriched environment for themselves,
and end up 12 IQ points higher than than low stimulation seekers)
Emotional Selection in Memes: The Case of Urban Legends
http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/press_releases/december_2001/psp8161028.html
(How disgust acts as a selection criteria in the success of memes)
Literal and Symbolic Immortality: The Effect of Evidence of Literal
Immortality on Self-Esteem Striving in Response to Mortality Salience
(not on the net, apparently)
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