New research: people take insults better lying down than upright


	New research: people take insults better lying down than upright

mmlee

8-13-2009 1:33 PM

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The research was published in the latest edition of the journal Psychological Science.

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Research showed that those who took personal insults while upright exhibited 
  brain activity linked to attacking but this urge disappeared when they took 
  the same insults lying down. 
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"Maybe in the reclining state you're more likely to brood." 
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  in an anger exercise. The researchers asked them to pick something which 
  made them cross, such as abortion or public smoking, and write a brief essay 
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They were then hooked up to a machine which measures brain activity and told 
  that a person in an adjacent room would evaluate the essay. 
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Then the students chosen for the study heard a voice recording of someone 
  disparaging the intelligence, likeability and logical skills of the essays. 
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  volunteers who were upright. However, measurements showed that in upright 
  volunteers</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6016087/Insults-are-better-taken-lying-down-claim-scientists.html">likelihood of retaliating.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6016087/Insults-are-better-taken-lying-down-claim-scientists.html">scientists</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6016087/Insults-are-better-taken-lying-down-claim-scientists.html">think that lying down could affect how the brain handles 
  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6016087/Insults-are-better-taken-lying-down-claim-scientists.html">emotions, such as desire and happiness. 
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