Warning: session_register() expects at least 1 parameter, 0 given in /home/tiptopwe/public_html/sub-articles.tiptopweb.info/article.php on line 35
Is It Just Us Or Human Nature?

Google
TipTop Business Web Directories - Add your sites link starting at £1


Home | Culture And Society


Is It Just Us Or Human Nature?

By: Knight Pierce Hirst

Occasionally not hearing what someone says sounds like human nature; but according to research published in the journal Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, it could be "inattentional deafness". This occurs when your focus is on a visual task. For example, you could be reading a mystery and not hear what your spouse is saying. Sound perception depends not only on your sense of hearing, but also on your ability to pay attention. Scientists expect the part of the brain responsible for interpreting sound registers a weaker signal because all its attention is involved in another task. However, inattentional deafness isn't "hearsay".

Gossip may be human nature, but negative gossip changes how we see people. In a study published in the journal Science, volunteers looked at faces paired with gossip - some positive and some negative. To see how the volunteers' brains responded, their left and right eyes were shown different images - perhaps a face and a house. Because the brain can handle only one image at a time, it lingers on the one it thinks more important. The volunteers' brains were most likely to linger on faces associated with negative gossip. Because negative gossip influences how we see people, maybe seeing isn't always believing.

Stress seems to be part of human nature and stress can't be avoided on vacation. According to a 2011 survey of 1,000 consumers that was commissioned by Marriott, 26% said they disagreed how much to spend, 22% disagreed about what to do and 9% disagreed about where to eat. Nevertheless, we take vacations for specific reasons. Seventy-five percent of those surveyed said a vacation was necessary for mental health, 44% answered de-stressing, 37% hoped it would lift their spirits and 8% wanted to get their relationship back on track. For many a vacation seems to be a trip with "mental baggage".

Finally, 59% of parents provide financial support to their adult children. That's according to a 2011 Harris survey of 1,074 U.S. adults (non-students ages 18-39) and their parents. Fifty percent of those parents helped with housing, 48% with living expenses, 41% with transportation, 35% with insurance, 29% with spending money and 28% with medical bills. However, this support often required sacrifice. Thirty-six percent of the parents took on additional debt, 13% canceled plans for a new home or vacation and 7% delayed retirement. Parents may be asking themselves if this support is human nature or parental nurture.

Article Source: http://articles.tiptopweb.info

Knight Pierce Hirst has written for television, newspapers and greeting cards. Now she writes a 400-word blog three times a week. KNIGHT WATCH, a second look at what makes life interesting, takes only seconds to read at knightwatch.typepad.com

Please Rate this Article



 

Not yet Rated

Click the XML Icon Above to Receive Culture and Society Articles Via RSS!
Additional Articles From - Home | Culture And Society
Business
Investments
Finance
Real Estate
Home Business
Wealth Building

Food and Drink
Health
Fashion
Recreation
Travel
Sign Up for a free account or learn more.
Submit Articles
Member Login
Top Authors
Submission Guidelines
Ezine Notifications
Article RSS Feeds
About Us
Link to Us
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
Vote For Tiptop Web Aritcles Directory - http://www.articles.tiptopweb.info
at Top Article Directory List
 Top List

© 2006-2008 Articles.TipTopWeb.Info . All Rights Reserved.
Use of our service is protected by our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service

Powered by Article Dashboard