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Previous studies have shown that external behaviors can be contagious - for instance, seeing another person shake his foot can cause you to shake yours, even if you don't realize you're doing so. Also, test subjects who mentally simulate a person stubbing his toe often grimace and even feel a bit of phantom pain. So do these same principles apply to the act of self-control...
There may be a physiological as well as a psychological process at work here. A leading theory is that exercising self-control is so hard on your brain that, like physical exercise, it depletes glucose levels, making you feel weaker. It's possible that imagining someone who has to exert self-control, and feeling their misery, tricks your brain into believing that your own glucose levels have declined. As the study says, this trick would, "in effect, set one's internal fuel gauge to 'low' [even if] there is still plenty of fuel left in the tank...
...When I first came [to therapy] I was having a lot of anxiety and physical symptoms that made me feel trapped," says Rachel W., a special-education teacher. "Through yoga, Joan helped me witness what I was experiencing and train myself to think past my body...
...Jason Saretsky was nonetheless extremely pleased with Weiler’s performance.“Nico’s performance was outstanding,” Saretsky said. “He set a meet record by about a foot. With the work that he has gained in practice, we feel confident that he’s poised to have a great outdoor season.”Despite Weiler’s solid performance, the Harvard/Yale men finished one point behind their English counterparts, 10-9. For the first time since 1993, Oxford and Cambridge beat the American men. While Weiler...
...Nick Baines, the Bishop of Croydon, says such notation makes little difference. "Sticking John Hunt's note in the register is not 'de-anything,'" he wrote on his blog. "It is simply a note in a register that has no effect whatsoever other than to make him feel better that he has been heard." And, officials at the Church of England say, allowing such notation is not the Church's official policy because true renunciation can only take place between an individual...