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...instincts sometimes backfire so dramatically? Research on how the mind processes information suggests that part of the problem is a lack of data. Even when we're calm, our brains require 8 to 10 sec. to handle each novel piece of complex information. The more stress, the slower the process. Bombarded with new information, our brains shift into low gear just when we need to move fast. We diligently hunt for a shortcut to solve the problem more quickly. If there aren't any familiar behaviors available for the given situation, the mind seizes upon the first...
...could see were the pin lights along the floor. As we stood to evacuate, there was a loud thump. In a crowd of experienced flight attendants, still someone had hit his or her head on an overhead bin. In a new situation, with a minor amount of stress, our brains were performing clumsily. As we filed toward the exit slide, crouched low, holding on to the person in front of us, several of the flight attendants had to be comforted by their colleagues...
...There are chapters on what being a mother can do for your senses--especially in pregnancy and immediately afterward--for your efficiency (including learning and memory), your motivation, your stress-coping mechanisms and your social skills or emotional intelligence. In each one, I try to guide the reader through all the scientific evidence available, including some cutting-edge research, and also have many women talking about their experiences. So in the chapter on efficiency, which is titled "How Necessity Is the Mother of Multitasking," I interview a corporate executive who found herself with triplets and had to learn quickly...
...English department’s system assigns advisers to students based on faculty or graduate students’ interests and how they fit undergraduates’ thesis proposals, which can spare students the stress of meeting themselves with potential advisers...
They include timing, the stress of approaching faculty members, informal guidelines from departments, navigating around faculty sabbaticals and departures, and study abroad plans...