Binibining Ces

Ang maganda dito sa librong to, sobrang dali lang nyang basahin pero pag natapos mo, feeling mo sobrang talino mo na in just 125 pages. Sabi nga nila, it’s the first neuroscience beach-read, although sa kabundukan ko to binasa. Itong 7 1/2 Lessons About The Brain ni Lisa Feldman Barrett eh pangalawang libro nyang nabasa ko. And as usual, marami na naman syang binasted na myths. At kahit about neuroscience sya, ang galing lang na may philosophical lens din sya.

Ito yung mga random na napulot ko from the book na actually side topics lang nya pero sobrang interesting for me:

1. “One study found that if you’re exposed to social stress within 2 hrs of a meal, your body metabolizes the food in a way that adds 104 calories to the meal. If this happens daily, that’s 11 lbs gained per year! Not only that, but if you eat healthful, unsaturated fats, such as those found in nuts, within 1 day of being stressed, your body metabolizes these foods as if they were filled with bad fats.”

2. “Artwork, particularly abstract art, is made possible because the human brain constructs what it experiences. When you view a cubist painting by Picasso and see recognizable human figures, that happens only because you have memories of human figures that help your brain make sense of the abstract elements. The painter Marcel Duchamp once said that an artist does only 50% of the work in creating art. The remaining 50% is in the viewer’s brain. (Some artists and philosophers call the second half ‘the beholder’s share.’)”

3. “Years of evidence show that the MBTI does not live up to its claims. Why do the test results seem so true when you receive them? Because the test asks what you believe about yourself. The results summarize those beliefs and give them back to you, and wow, they fit so well! The bottom line is this: You can’t measure behavior by asking people their opinions about their behavior. You have to observe that behavior in multiple contexts. Furthermore, the same people may be introverted in some contexts and extroverted in others.”

Happy World Book Day!