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| alexis |
Posted - 07/12/2009 : 19:03:36
In case anyone missed this:
"How swearing achieves its physical effects is unclear, but the researchers speculate that brain circuitry linked to emotion is involved. Earlier studies have shown that unlike normal language, which relies on the outer few millimeters in the left hemisphere of the brain, expletives hinge on evolutionarily ancient structures buried deep inside the right half."
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-do-we-swear
An interesting comment though in the abstract, given the subject of catastophizing (I haven't paid for the full article):
"However, swearing did not increase pain tolerance in males with a tendency to catastrophise."
http://journals.lww.com/neuroreport/Abstract/2009/08050/Swearing_as_a_response_to_pain.4.aspx |
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| alexis |
Posted - 07/14/2009 : 18:56:47
Thanks forest - it's nice to be on that side of the cure after so many other people's stories helped me.
I still can't help seeing this whole TMS business in stories I come across in the news...it's amazing how many pieces fit in from different angles. |
| forestfortrees |
Posted - 07/13/2009 : 22:47:45
It's good to see you back on the Alexis (everything in moderation). Your success story was actually one of the stories that helped me cure myself of my TMS, so thanks!
Forest
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