On 2 Jan 2011 at 5:30, Allen Esterson wrote: > Another example of this mnemonist's extraordinary abilities, from > Luria's records: > > "Would you like to see me raise the temperature of my right hand and > lower that of my left?" > <snip> > "No, there's nothing to be amazed at. I saw myself put my right hand on > a hot stove... Oi, was it hot! So, naturally, the temperature of my hand > increased. But I was holding a piece of ice in my left hand. I could > see it there and began to squeeze it. And, of course, my hand got > colder..." >
A paper just published in _Science_ takes this feat of using imagination to produce real effects to another level. The title says it all: Morewedge, C. et al (2010, December 10). Thought for Food: Imagined Consumption Reduces Actual Consumption. Science Vol. 330 no. 6010 pp. 1530-1533 Imagining pigging out on M&M's, or on cheese, specifically reduced consumption of M&M's and cheese, respectively. Oy, was I full! ...which in turn reminds me of this classic Jewish joke: Old man sitting on the crowded bus starts complaining audibly every few seconds: Oy, am I toisty... I am _so_ toisty... I am very, very toisty... Oy, if I only had a drink of vasser! Irritated bystander: Here, old man, have my bottle of water! [He drinks]. Lovely silence descends. Then... Oy! Vas I toisty!... I vas so toisty... Stephen -------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca --------------------------------------------- --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7604 or send a blank email to leave-7604-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
