So, you think that being nice is a learned behavior? Maybe, maybe not. Perhaps it has a lot to do with your levels of oxytocin and vassopressin which is determined by certain genes. At least that's is what one research study is suggesting. For a popular media account of the research, here is an article on Huffpost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/09/is-niceness-in-our-genes_n_1412584.html
The original research appears in Psychological Science and here's the abstract to the article and a link to the article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22457427 Members of APS will have access, other will have to go through their library. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] P.S. The subject line is from the 53rd Calypso of the Books of Bokonon, who encourages us to sing: Oh, a sleeping drunkard Up in Central Park, And a lion-hunter In the jungle dark, And a Chinese dentist, And a British queen-- All fit together In the same machine. Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice-- So many different people In the same device. http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/personal/bokonon.html NOTE: There was a popular song that used the above lyrics but also added a few lines from the following: I wanted all things To seem to make some sense, So we could all be happy, yes, Instead of tense. And I made up lies So that they all fit nice, And I made this sad world A par-a-dise. --- 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=17233 or send a blank email to leave-17233-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
