Very useful. Thanks On Sun, Jul 7, 2024, 11:33 Narayanaswamy Sekar <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: N Sekar <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Jul 7, 2024, 10:03 AM > Subject: Fwd - Interesting and useful read, for sr citizens particularly > To: Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>, Rangarajan T.N.C. < > [email protected]>, Chittanandam V. R. <[email protected]>, > Mathangi K. Kumar <[email protected]>, Narayanaswamy Sekar < > [email protected]>, Mani APS <[email protected]>, Srinivasan Sridharan < > [email protected]>, SRIRAMAJAYAM <[email protected]>, > Suryanarayana Ambadipudi <[email protected]>, Rama (Iyer 123 Group) > <[email protected]> > > > > *The Zeigarnik Effect* > > You pull out the key to open your house. You unlock the door and get > inside. Then several hours later you're looking for the key and wondering > where it is. And you discover that you have left it behind on the door. Has > this happened to you? > > To understand why it happens, let’s flashback to Bluma Zeigarnik, a > Russian psychologist. > > One evening, Zeigarnik and her friends went out for dinner to a > restaurant. They had a lovely meal. Guess what the highlight was? It was > the service. More specifically, their waiter. He had an amazing memory. So > as everybody placed their orders, he remembered every little detail, > without writing anything down. He remembered who ordered what. And how they > wanted it. Zeigarnik and her friends were all amazed by the waiter's memory. > > After the meal, they were driving back when Zeigarnik discovered that she > had left her jacket behind in the restaurant. So she turned around, drove > back to the restaurant and sought out that friendly waiter who she knew > would be happy to help her locate her jacket. Imagine her horror though > when she found the waiter, but the waiter didn't even recognize her. > Curiously, Zeigarnik questioned the waiter about his memory. He admitted to > frequently forgetting all orders once they’re delivered and all patrons > once their check is paid. > > The waiter’s uncompleted tasks were all that mattered — and that is how he > was able to do such a fantastic job. > > Facinated by this, it got Zeigarnik thinking. And her research then showed > how our brain tends to work. When a task is completed, our brain hits the > delete button. And our memory gets wiped clean. Our short term memory > struggles with space to retain information. So it keeps only the unfinished > tasks alive. And the minute a task is completed it hits the delete button. > And that's why waiters at restaurants will remember every little detail of > your order. But only until the bill is made. That’s why when we photocopy a > document, we pick up the copy and walk away, leaving the original behind. > This has come to be known as the Zeigarnik effect. A term that describes > how our short-term memory deletes completed tasks. Fascinating, isn't it? > > The Zeigarnik effect might explain why at a bank’s ATM, you are now > required to pull your card out before collecting the cash. They know > Zeigarnik will be at play and once you collect the cash, the task is > finished and good chance you will forget to take your card back. > > Another example of the Zeigarnik effect is typically found in education. > It’s common for students to take exams in school that require studying and > cramming before the exam. But once the exam is over, they might experience > difficulty recalling the information they learned. > > This lapse in memory is because the student’s brain might tell them they > no longer have use for the information learned for the test and remove it > from memory. > > Another example is after a job interview. You may be focused on all the > things you perceive as wrong that happened during the interview, rather > than the positive points. > > But after you get hired, all those negative thoughts might fall away as > you begin training for a new role. > > It's something we can all put to good use. In TV serials, every episode > ends tantalisingly. Each episode ends at a point where you will say ‘wow, > what happens next’? You want to know, you want to come back. There is no > closure at the end of that episode and that's what brings us back all the > time. Had there been closure, chances are we’d quickly forget about it. > Maybe a powerful idea for all of us. If there is something you want to make > sure remains alive, keep it just a bit unfinished. Writing a book? Make > sure you end every writing session at a point of suspense or tension. Don’t > resolve it. Don’t finish it. That will bring you back next day to writing > again. > > The Zeigarnik effect might also explain my favourite piece of > communication advice. It’s this. Someone said that there are really two > golden rules of communication: 1. Never tell everything at once. > That’s it. Ah, the Zeigarnik effect! > > The director of the George Washington University School of Medicine argues > that the brain of an older person is much more practical than is commonly > believed. At this age, the interaction of the right and left hemispheres of > the brain becomes harmonious, which expands our creative possibilities. > That is why among people over 60 years of age you can find many > personalities who have just started their creative activities. > > Of course, the brain is no longer as fast as it was in youth. However, it > gains in flexibility. Therefore, with age, we are more likely to make the > right decisions and are less exposed to negative emotions. The peak of > human intellectual activity occurs around the age of 70, when the brain > begins to function at full strength. > > Over time, the amount of myelin in the brain increases, a substance that > facilitates the rapid passage of signals between neurons. Due to this, > intellectual abilities increase by 300% compared to the average. > > Also interesting is the fact that after 60 years, a person can use 2 > hemispheres at the same time. This allows you to solve much more complex > problems. > > Professor Monchi Uri, from the University of Montreal, believes that the > old man's brain chooses the path that consumes less energy, eliminates the > unnecessary and leaves only the right options to solve the problem. A study > was conducted involving different age groups. Young people were very > confused when passing the tests, while those over 60 years of age made the > right decisions. > > Now, let's look at the characteristics of the brain between the ages of > 60 and 80. They are really pink. > > *CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BRAIN OF AN ELDERLY PERSON.* > 1. Neurons in the brain do not die, as everyone around you says. The > connections between them simply disappear if one does not engage in mental > work. > 2. Distraction and forgetfulness arise due to an overabundance of > information. Therefore, *it is not necessary for you to concentrate your > whole life on unnecessary trifles.* > 3. From the age of 60, a person, when making decisions, does not use one > hemisphere at the same time, like young people, but both. > *4. Conclusion: if a person leads a healthy lifestyle, moves, has viable > physical activity and is fully mentally active, intellectual abilities do > NOT decrease with age, they simply GROW, reaching a peak at the age of > 80-90 years.* > > *So do not be afraid of old age. Strive to develop intellectually. Learn > new crafts, make music, learn to play musical instruments, paint pictures! > Take an interest in life, meet and communicate with friends, plan for the > future, travel as best you can. Do not forget to go to shops, shows. Don't > shut up alone, it's destructive to anyone. Live with the thought: all good > things are still ahead of me!* > > SOURCE: New England Journal of Medicine and British Journal of Psychiatry > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static_> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZdHH9xc3%3DV3TiLAnp7fqJS96cBqgAZNaEwxYRkfJLq06Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZdHH9xc3%3DV3TiLAnp7fqJS96cBqgAZNaEwxYRkfJLq06Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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