The NY Time columnist Jane Brody has an interesting article in the Personal Health section on the Zombie threat that our children face. The article can be read here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/health/24brody.html?ref=science&pagewanted=all
It appears that a major factor in turning children into zombies is the amount of sleep they get, which become more critical as children become teenagers. Quoting from the article: |In one study, more than 90 percent of teenagers reported |sleeping less than nine hours a night, and 10 percent said |they slept less than six hours. As James B. Maas, a Cornell |University psychologist and leading sleep researcher, has |observed, most teenagers are “walking zombies” because |they get far too little sleep. Getting the message out, especially to our students, might best be done in courses that cover the psychology of sleep, the role of circadian rhythms, and the general Psychology of Zombies. An omission from the article, IMHO, is that sleep-deprived teenagers pay less attention to their environment, thus becoming prime targets for the hungry Zombie out for a nosh. But, since this is a two part article with the next part out next week, perhaps this important issue will be covered then. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. I wonder how many psychological topics could be put into a Zombie frame, like the CDC did for emergency preparedness? --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=10730 or send a blank email to leave-10730-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
