Read an interesting tidbit about one of those weird, duality busting human nature chemicals.
"Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University and Atlanta's Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) have found transferring a single gene, the vasopressin receptor, into the brain's reward center makes a promiscuous male meadow vole monogamous. This finding, which appears in the June 17 issue of Nature, may help better explain the neurobiology of romantic love as well as disorders of the ability to form social bonds, such as autism. In addition, the finding supports previous research linking social bond formation with drug addiction, also associated with the reward center of the brain...
The researchers discovered, just like prairie voles, the formerly promiscuous meadow voles then displayed a strong preference for their current partners rather than new females."
Does this mean that our girlfriends are going to start driving to Mexico to buy up
gallon jugs of Vasopressin to inject into us while we sleep? I can imagine waking up in a next to a toothless hag after a night of boozing in a romantic stupor, syringe carefully hidden under the mattress, asking the lonely, neurotic woman to be the mother of my children. Gaahhhh!
Maybe I could start a marriage therapy clinic with Vasopressin tainted mints in a basket by the exit and slowly amass a fortune as word of my uncanny ability to inspire love in cold, dying relationships spreads.
I wish I could rewrite the source code of my brain. Gentoo Linux looks at your hardware environment and compiles itself with optimizations based on its surroundings. Evolution doesn't work quite that fast.
"Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University and Atlanta's Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN) have found transferring a single gene, the vasopressin receptor, into the brain's reward center makes a promiscuous male meadow vole monogamous. This finding, which appears in the June 17 issue of Nature, may help better explain the neurobiology of romantic love as well as disorders of the ability to form social bonds, such as autism. In addition, the finding supports previous research linking social bond formation with drug addiction, also associated with the reward center of the brain...
The researchers discovered, just like prairie voles, the formerly promiscuous meadow voles then displayed a strong preference for their current partners rather than new females."
Does this mean that our girlfriends are going to start driving to Mexico to buy up
gallon jugs of Vasopressin to inject into us while we sleep? I can imagine waking up in a next to a toothless hag after a night of boozing in a romantic stupor, syringe carefully hidden under the mattress, asking the lonely, neurotic woman to be the mother of my children. Gaahhhh!
Maybe I could start a marriage therapy clinic with Vasopressin tainted mints in a basket by the exit and slowly amass a fortune as word of my uncanny ability to inspire love in cold, dying relationships spreads.
I wish I could rewrite the source code of my brain. Gentoo Linux looks at your hardware environment and compiles itself with optimizations based on its surroundings. Evolution doesn't work quite that fast.
posted by Anonymous Person at 7/29/2004
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I never realised how important a good bed was until I got a bad back�.
Over 1,400 members of BackCare, the national organisation for healthy backs, responded to our Back Your Bed survey - the first of its kind to explore the views on beds of those who suffer from bad backs and the experts who treat them.
SUMMARY OF THE BACK YOUR BED SURVEY RESULTS
Buying a good bed is one of the most important purchases you can make when it comes to back pain relief. Nine out of 10 say their bed is more important to them since they developed back pain; 98% agreed that a good, supportive bed could help a bad back. 82% of experts felt that the right bed could help prevent back pain.
"If you cannot rest properly and sleep well, this hinders recovery from back problems."
A firm, supportive bed, not a hard one, can do wonders to ease and even prevent bad backs. Only 22% of sufferers had bought a bed classed as �orthopaedic�; while 28% describe their bed support as �medium�. Only 6% of experts would recommend an orthopaedic bed to patients.
Three quarters would be prepared to spend more than �500 on a new bed: compared with just 36% of the �normal� population. Nearly one in 10 would pay more than �2,000 for a new bed to get the comfort and relief they need.
Back pain sufferers are twice as likely as the rest of the population to own a new bed - 50% have beds that are less than five years old compared to the national average of 24%.
88% are satisfied with their choice � but 16% said they would get a better quality one next time; while 9% would opt for something firmer; 5% said they would choose a softer bed and 4% wanted a bigger one.
Sufferers are three times more likely to replace their beds when they no longer feel comfortable (65% compared with just 20%).
31% own a king size bed compared with 11% generally. Separate mattresses zipped together are also popular with couples whose support needs differ or who are easily disturbed by their partner's movements. top
So worth considering when buying a
Teens are including loft beds into their rooms more and more these days, especially since a teen's room is much more than a sleeping space. Decorating sources like Pottery Barn Teen frequently have loft beds in their catalogues. Find out more about ikea loft bed
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