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...high-glamour manufacturing, new public-spending projects and continued domestic protection. Japan already has more infrastructure than it needs (its "bridges to nowhere" have been made famous by frequent ridicule in the local press) and government debt handily exceeds GDP?two good indicators that the returns on those Keynesian stimuli are diminishing. But like the laboratory pigeon that keeps hitting the lever even though the reward is no longer coming, Japan's government can't stop banging away with its favorite but increasingly useless palliatives: public spending and fiscal stimulus...
...suffer from some form of sensory defensiveness. One person avoids driving at night because he can't tolerate headlights reflecting in his rearview mirror. Another can't relax until she washes a musty-smelling dishrag in the next room. Says Heller: "Sensory defensiveness is when your reaction to stimuli starts to govern the choices you make in your life...
WHAT IT DOES: One of the brain's emotional centers; helps in the recognition of facial expressions and tones of voice. Neural transmissions increase in response to emotional stimuli. Normally, repeated exposure to the same experiences or images leads to habituation, or reduced response...
WHAT HAS GONE WRONG: Habituates slowly to some stimuli, remaining reactive beyond the usual response time...
...which to form the personality. Professor Skinner was such a fervent believer in this notion that he invented a box (with holes in the bottom and screening on all sides) in which to place a baby so as to have total control over the baby’s stimuli...