Things we're hardwired to like. - by SlyFoxx
Tony_Tarantula on 9/11/2014 at 18:36
Evolutionary psychology is interesting, but it fails to take into account how malleable humans are. Behavioral conditioning is more effective on humans than any other species on earth with the possible exception of domesticated dogs. Unlike other species humans can and have been conditioned to engage in behaviors such as enjoying food with no nutritional value, inflicting self harm(ie, religious "penances" like flagellation) , or can be given phobias merely through media exposure(someone I know is terrified of baths due to watching supernatural)
faetal on 9/11/2014 at 20:48
Quote Posted by Tony_Tarantula
Evolutionary psychology is interesting, but it fails to take into account how malleable humans are.
Conditioning is part of evolutionary psychology, because the pathways that allowed that conditioning evolved and contribute to aspects of psychology, such as conditioning.
Kolya on 9/11/2014 at 21:27
Quote Posted by nickie
I live quite close to a recycling centre. In the summer, when it's hot, it starts to smell a bit ripe. And I'm taken straight back to childhood and hot Mediterranean countries that I lived in and was happy in. It's not a particularly pleasant smell but it just makes me long to go back.
Yes, the smell of the Mediterranean and Aegean is something. When you grow older you may stop believing in some things and relegate them to the magical world of your childhood when you were more impressionable and everything was new. But one warm summer night in a forsaken Italian or Greek small town will easily convince you that the world still has all these (
http://schwarzsilber.de/The.World.is.Showing.Me.Its.Hand.mp3) tricks to show.
Yakoob on 9/11/2014 at 21:34
Quote Posted by faetal
The sound of rain on a sloped roof when you're falling asleep.
Oh man, that takes me back to my childhood, I remember sleeping in my great gramma's farm house and listening to that sound whenever it rained.
I played Red Orchestra like two years ago and remember one hangar area where it muffles all the outside noise and all you hear is that very characteristic rain-on-roof sound... took me right back.
Quote Posted by faetal
Conditioning is part of evolutionary psychology, because the pathways that allowed that conditioning evolved and contribute to aspects of psychology, such as conditioning.
Personally, I like to nurture my nature
Chhhhhyeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :cool:
faetal on 9/11/2014 at 22:32
Nurture works because of nature. Mirror neurons and aversion/reward pathways yo.
hopper on 10/11/2014 at 08:41
Boo! Hss! We don't want you to explain it, we just want to indulge in it.
Like cuddling up with your s.o. and feel the warmth of their skin against your own. Or relishing the "gotcha!" moment when a fish is firmly hooked to your... er, hook.
Nicker on 10/11/2014 at 08:42
Quote Posted by faetal
The sound of rain on a sloped roof when you're falling asleep.
There's an app for that. A really good one.
Actually it's best to get two apps, (
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.media1908.lightningbug&hl=en) Lightning Bug, the original one, because it comes with all sorts of sound files (several types of rain, wind, trotting horses, camels passing in the night, wolves, sudden or rolling thunder, bells, loons, crickets, birdsong, train whistles, air conditioners...). You can download free and not-free sound packs too.
The app which is used to put it all together is called (
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happyexabytes.ambio&hl=en) Ambio, the newer version of Lightning Bug, which has a slightly better interface. It's a bit of a learning curve but you can make great, sleep inducing mixes.
The free version lets you build mixes of up to eight loops, adjust the relative volumes and set min/max intervals for things like the big bell and the train whistle.
And no, I don't get a commission on downloads.
If anyone finds a stash of compatible sound files please share.
Nicker on 10/11/2014 at 08:44
Quote Posted by SlyFoxx
A few stabs with the trusty poker...
The original remote controller.
Apart from the hard wired comfort and security of as hearth fire, I suspect that watching the dancing flames and coals themselves, might have been like a neural massage. They may have contributed to our brain development, our ability for abstraction. I find that gazing at a fire inspires a state which is both meditative and creative.
There's something both humbling but empowering in the flames.
Now the Northern Lights, those are just humbling.
faetal on 10/11/2014 at 08:45
I've tried some of those apps before but I think something is lost in the transition to a phone's speaker. I may just build a perspex sleeping box and put it under a shower.
