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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I agree with that control (competence) is
a key determinant of whether one is of value or not, but it is only half the
picture. The other is being loved. Effectance/competence motivation and attachment-love
are the two great biomotivators of higher-level emotions/motives in human
beings (and other creatures), and I think they are fully dissociable. I have
hypothesized that a lack of control is associated with Type A major depression
(associated with low catecholamines) and a lack of love is associated with Type
B major depression (associated with low serotonin). These are ancient
mechanisms: serotonin will turn on threat displays in lobsters, and SSRIs are
effective for many (not all) depressions. All else equal, men may be more susceptible
to Type A depression and women to Type B, and there is recent evidence that
depression is associated with right-hemisphere mechanisms in men and
left-hemisphere mechanisms in women. I think the LH is particularly associated
with prosocial emotions (including the emotions/motives underlying the learning,
teaching, and use of language) and the RH with individualist emotions/motives.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> Buck, R. (1999). The biological
affects: A typology. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Psychological Review.
106</span></i>(2), 301-336. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> Buck, R. (2002). The genetics and
biology of true love: Prosocial biological affects and the left hemisphere. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Psychological Review. 109</span></i>(4). 739-744. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ross
Buck, Ph. D.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><i><font size=3 color=navy
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italic'>"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it
from religious conviction."<br>
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-- Blaise Pascal</span></font></i><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
paleopsych-bounces@paleopsych.org [mailto:paleopsych-bounces@paleopsych.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>HowlBloom@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, December 15, 2004
12:21 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> paleopsych@paleopsych.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Paleopsych] inner judges
on the rampage</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>If the theory put forth in my first book,
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific
Expedition Into the Forces of History</span></i>, is at all correct, evolution
has riddled us with self-destruct mechanisms, mechanisms that do away with us
when we are not a part of the solution, we are part of the problem. By
shutting us down, our self-destruct mechanisms shunt resources to those who
have a handle on the crisis at hand and snatches the goods away from those who
can’t get a grip on things. She turns on those who contribute to the
neural net, to the complex adaptive system, to the collective learning
machine—just as she hands out bio-prizes to useful citizens of the immune
system, lymphocytes and bio-punishments to citizens whose specialization is
momentarily irrelevant. Evolution, biology, physiology, or whatever you choose
to call our stress mechanism and her grim reapers do this to maximize the
intelligence of the collective enterprise. In the case of the immune system,
some are made wealthy and vigorous, and some are made weak and imporvished so
that the overall system can defeat invaders.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The key determiner of whether you are of
value or not seems to be the extent to which you feel you have control. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Is the fact that,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>“The
pressure of meeting a work deadline can produce a sixfold increase in the risk
of suffering a heart attack over the course of the following day. And
competition at work could double the ongoing risk” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>an example of a self-destruct mechanism
at work? Has evolution done what my second book, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From The Big Bang to the 21<sup>st</sup>
Century</span></i>, claims? Has it seated inner judges within us to determine
who wins and loses the competition and who is and is not up to the
challenge-of-the-day? Howard<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Retrieved December 15, 2004, from the
World Wide Web <a
href="http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996786"><font
color=lime><span style='color:lime'>http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996786</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Stressful deadlines boost heart attack
risk 00:01 14 December 04 NewScientist.com news service <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>The pressure of meeting a work deadline can produce a
sixfold increase in the risk of suffering a heart attack over the course of the
following day. And competition at work could double the ongoing risk, according
to a new study.</span></b> Previous research has shown that <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>intense anger, sexual activity and emotional stress
can all lead to heart attacks.</span></b> But this is the first time having an
intense work deadline has been singled out as a trigger for heart attack over
such a short timescale. “This is potentially important for patients and
for Swedish work law,” says lead author Jette Möller of the Karolinska
Institutet in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Stockholm</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Sweden</st1:country-region></st1:place>. “Changes in the
labour market organisation have created more stress and people should be aware
of the impact on health.” She cites workload, lower job security and
increased competition in the workplace as factors. The study questioned nearly
1400 heart attack survivors from the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Stockholm</st1:place></st1:City>
area, aged 45 to 70, about the period leading up to their first heart attack.
They were compared with a control group of about 1700 people who had not had a
heart attack. The volunteers were asked questions about their work over the
last year and over the days immediately before their heart attack. The questions
included whether they had been criticised for their performance or lateness,
been promoted or laid off, faced a high-pressure deadline at work, changed
their workplace and whether their financial situation had changed. Money
worries The results show that intense pressure over a short period increased
the risk of a heart attack more than a build up of stress over an entire year,
and that the heart attack can follow very soon after this spell of increased
pressure. Amongst the heart attack group, 8% had faced a significant event at
work less than 24 hours before their attack. However, long-term changes also
play a part. Taking on extra responsibility at work over the last year - if
viewed negatively by the participant - increased the chance of a heart attack
by almost four times in women and over six times in men. And a deterioration in
financial situation tripled the risk of a heart attack amongst women.
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Weblinks Social Epidemiology Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm George
Fieldman, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College Journal of Epidemiology
and Community Health George Fieldman, an expert in cognitive therapy and health
psychology at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in the UK, says the
sixfold increase in risk caused by meeting a deadline is massive, but not
surprising. He points out that previous research has shown that a
person’s chance of suffering a heart attack is higher on a Monday
morning. He adds these studies can help to pinpoint the stress risk factors for
heart attacks. “It is difficult to unpick the details of what constitutes
stress for different people in different situations,” he says. The study
shows that stress at work can pose a very real and immediate threat to health,
Fieldman says, and adds: “I must remember to take it easy.” Journal
reference: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (DOI:
10.1136/jech.2003.019349) Katharine Davis </span></font><font color=black><span
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PTSIZE=10><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>----------<br>
Howard Bloom<br>
Author of The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of
History and Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From The Big Bang to the
21st Century<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Visiting Scholar-Graduate Psychology
Department</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State></st1:place>
University; Core Faculty Member, The Graduate Institute<br>
www.howardbloom.net<br>
www.bigbangtango.net<br>
Founder: International Paleopsychology Project; founding board member: Epic of
Evolution Society; founding board member, The Darwin Project; founder: The Big
Bang Tango Media Lab; member: New York Academy of Sciences, American Association
for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Society, Academy of
Political Science, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, International Society
for Human Ethology; advisory board member: Youthactivism.org; executive editor
-- New Paradigm book series.<br>
For information on The International Paleopsychology Project, see:
www.paleopsych.org<br>
for two chapters from <br>
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, see
www.howardbloom.net/lucifer<br>
For information on Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang
to the 21st Century, see www.howardbloom.net<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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