http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/04/03/social-connections-for-cognitive-fitness/ Your Brain Fitness Center Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:22:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/04/03/social-connections-for-cognitive-fitness/#comment-160237 Sun, 18 May 2008 21:21:43 +0000 http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/04/03/social-connections-for-cognitive-fitness/#comment-160237 This study fascinates me. The powerful effects of negative words should sober parents who rarely praise their children. Being told "you are stupid" and believing it can be self-fulfilling, just like being told "you will be alone when you are old" and believing it can be self-fulfilling. Here is another thought---will there be research some day that actually measures how much cognitive impairment is the result of watching television? This study fascinates me. The powerful effects of negative words should sober parents who rarely praise their children. Being told "you are stupid" and believing it can be self-fulfilling, just like being told "you will be alone when you are old" and believing it can be self-fulfilling. Here is another thought---will there be research some day that actually measures how much cognitive impairment is the result of watching television?

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