Re: Count your blessings

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 10:56:27 MDT

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    On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 05:28:22AM -0700, Doug Skrecky wrote:
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    > 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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