Word: watchfulness
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...observed that self-control is like a muscle: it weakens after you use it. For example, say you exert self-control by avoiding strawberry shortcake and opting for asparagus instead. Now your self-control is enfeebled, so rather than turning to that Tolstoy novel you vowed to finish, you watch a Simpsons rerun instead. Your self-regulatory resources can also be expended by, for instance, taking a test or enduring a loss. Depleted self-control is why, after an unusually hard day at work, you give in to a third martini when you would normally stop...
...study published in the journal Psychological Science sheds more light on this phenomenon by showing how we respond when we watch others exercise self-control, as so many of us are watching fellow Americans cut back in the recession. The authors of the study - psychologists Joshua Ackerman and John Bargh of Yale and social psychologists Noah Goldstein and Jenessa Shapiro of the University of California, Los Angeles - wondered whether people's self-control might be drained vicariously, just by imagining others having to resist temptations...
...play against BC in the consolation game of the Baseball Beanpot tournament. While Harvard lost, 9-5, the opportunity to soak in the stadium's rich history and take the same field that has played host to some of baseball's greatest legends was not lost on the team. Watch the video after the jump for scenes from the Crimson's day at Fenway, along with reflections from Harvard players and some great anecdotes from the always entertaining Coach Joe Walsh...
...Market Watch: Engaged to James Foreman (Harvard College '04) (FlyBy apologizes to all of the hearts that just shattered...
...Market Watch: Married to Grace Jones Byrd (Also a Resident Tutor in Dunster House...