by jmalouff | Sep 11, 2021 | Reading
I like to read books written by Nobel Prize winners. I figure they know things I do not. Mostly I read books by individuals who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel winner with the most books I have read is Ernest Hemingway. I may have read his whole...
by jmalouff | Aug 1, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems, Work
I was telling a friend about something that happened to me at work when she uttered a wolf howl. I stopped talking and looked at her. She said she was hungry. My first thought: A howl in that situation is what I would expect from someone who has attention deficit...
by jmalouff | Aug 1, 2021 | Human Thinking and Behavior
Some people are regulars at the self-checkouts of grocery stores. Others avoid self-checkouts like the plague. What makes the difference? If you guessed age, you are on the right track. Older folks are less likely to use self-checkout. Why? One reason is that they...
by jmalouff | Aug 1, 2021 | Health-related behavior, Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems
Most individuals who have a serious, continuing mental health problem do not seek professional help. Why not? Studies show many reasons. One is a lack of awareness of the problem – common in individuals who have a personality disorder, a psychotic disorder, anorexia,...
by jmalouff | Aug 1, 2021 | Reading
If we read books, we get to live a thousand lives. In living those other lives, we acquire new perspectives — we grow as a person. I thought about the power of books after reading The Overstory, a masterpiece by Richard Powers. This fictional story weaves...