syrinx

because you'll go a long way on the road before you get a little courtesy, I always say...now, researchers say we'd all benefit from showing a little courtesy at the on-ramp and letting folks merge in smoothly...in other words, if everybody else would just be like me, we'd all be better off.
On a related topic, Stop and go traffic also occurs because cars are too close together and people brake to maintain an appropriate distance between cars, and this causes a ripple effect through the traffic on a road, until it causes traffic to come to a standstill if the amount of autos has reached a tipping point. ...And we all know that the reason this happens is because some folks drive well over the speed limit until they get blocked by folks they can't pass, and then they suddenly pull in front of people, causing them to brake, ...

tags: usability traffic humanfactors politeness

fellow reports over on this psychology blog that studies trying to replicate the message of the book "blink" - that we make better decisions if we don't think about them - have come up short in the "scientific process results are replicable and generalizable" department."
Take-away message: you might want to take notes and think about your decisions if they are important.

tags: science universe life blink replicability

... according to a recent survey. Apparently much of the problem has to do with lower income and chronic health problems and disability. Higher income women aren't as bad off.

While we already knew these inequities exist, we are quite startled by just how large the gap is among different groups of women. The good news is that there is much that can be done to close this gap. The inequities we found are associated with chronic disease, so by focusing on chronic disease prevention and management, and improving the living and working conditions that increase the risk of chronic disease, we can improve health outcomes for all women and men."

tags: health inequity

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8118257.stm

the story is rich, the comments: priceless.

tags: cropcircles

migraine headaches with aura are associated with more brain lesions, according to the latest research.

this study suggests that a remote history of migraine with aura is associated with brain lesions commonly found in older populations.

...So these migraine headaches are all in your head, literally, after all...It is no doubt a testimony to the humanity of people with migraines that we will not see a rise in external cranial and brain lesions inflicted upon everyone who has ever pooh-poohed the suffering of migraneurs, with a copy of the above web article pinned to the unconscious victim's shirt as a clue for CSI...

tags: migraine