Good morning. It's December 13, 2020. Thought of the Week: “All walls are great if the roof doesn’t fall.” - Thom Yorke, frontman, Radiohead New Research Physical pain preferred to demanding thought. As technology changes our lives, we’re forced to rethink how we view the world. New research shows how biologically averse we are to the mental effort required to do so. Last month, psychologists at McGill and Carleton Universities published pioneering research comparing cognitive effort directly with physical pain. The study looks at the extent to which demanding mental tasks were aversive enough to drive people to
Physical Pain and Hard Thought
Physical Pain and Hard Thought
Physical Pain and Hard Thought
Good morning. It's December 13, 2020. Thought of the Week: “All walls are great if the roof doesn’t fall.” - Thom Yorke, frontman, Radiohead New Research Physical pain preferred to demanding thought. As technology changes our lives, we’re forced to rethink how we view the world. New research shows how biologically averse we are to the mental effort required to do so. Last month, psychologists at McGill and Carleton Universities published pioneering research comparing cognitive effort directly with physical pain. The study looks at the extent to which demanding mental tasks were aversive enough to drive people to