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| Eisho |
 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject: Reading and adrenaline production |
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Hi,
I am definitely a non-scientist. I work in the field of personal development. I am interested to know if any informed members know of any scientific experiments that have been done investigating any link between what one reads and the production of adrenaline in the body.
I am interested to know if there is any scientific evidence to support or disprove the idea that by writing out one's goals and reviewing them on a daily basis raises one's adrenaline without it reaching dangerous levels, thereby creating the energy that can be used to achieve those goals.
Any help much appreciated.
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy |
| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: Reading and adrenaline production |
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| Eisho wrote: |
Hi,
I am definitely a non-scientist. I work in the field of personal development. I am interested to know if any informed members know of any scientific experiments that have been done investigating any link between what one reads and the production of adrenaline in the body.
I am interested to know if there is any scientific evidence to support or disprove the idea that by writing out one's goals and reviewing them on a daily basis raises one's adrenaline without it reaching dangerous levels, thereby creating the energy that can be used to achieve those goals.
Any help much appreciated.
Cheers,
Eisho |
I doubt reading ones goals would have any noticeable physiological affects to do with adrenaline, but maybe it could have behavioral effects, thus this is probably a better question to ask of people with educations in psychology or sociology. However, reading an action story could raise your adrenaline.
Although, there is definite evidence that your state of mind does have an effect on your body, how you perceive the world does have effects on your brain chemistry. |
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| anand_kapadia |
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i have heard about adrenaline junkie.......
it is the habit of postponing things to the last moment. |
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| Robbie |
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You can activate the sympathetic nervous system and this can subtly be detected in polygraph type machines detecting sweat output levels which momentarily increase.
However, this was tested in subjects using film and whenever evocative words or images (i.e. violent or sexual references) the sweat output from ones limbs/body momentarily increased.
I don't see why the same principle wouldnt work for reading, it would seem pretty analogous to me.
I should try and find a reference though!
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| Pong |
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| anand_kapadia wrote: |
| i have heard about adrenaline junkie....... |
There is a "fourth dopamine receptor gene" associated with risk takers (vs. the cautious majority). Apparently these oddballs, when they believe a situation dangerous, feel euphoric rather than just slightly nauseous and repulsed like the rest of us. Their risk of choice varies. It could be rockclimbing, gambling, burglary... so long as they feel it's risky, it works for them.
Eisho, for most people adrenaline does not feel good. One learns to avoid those things associated with it. And I don't understand why you think getting an adrenaline dose every morning would help a person throughout the day. Adrenaline is not free energy. It makes the body waste energy. |
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| Eisho |
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| Robbie wrote: |
You can activate the sympathetic nervous system and this can subtly be detected in polygraph type machines detecting sweat output levels which momentarily increase.
However, this was tested in subjects using film and whenever evocative words or images (i.e. violent or sexual references) the sweat output from ones limbs/body momentarily increased.
I don't see why the same principle wouldnt work for reading, it would seem pretty analogous to me.
I should try and find a reference though! |
Do you happen to know any references for those tests (with the images). I have heard of them and would like to know more about them.
I agree, reading would seem to have the potential to provoke a similar reaction. That's what I'm most interested in if anyone has done any research in this area.
Cheers,
Eisho
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| Eisho |
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| Pong wrote: |
| anand_kapadia wrote: |
| i have heard about adrenaline junkie....... |
Eisho, for most people adrenaline does not feel good. One learns to avoid those things associated with it. And I don't understand why you think getting an adrenaline dose every morning would help a person throughout the day. Adrenaline is not free energy. It makes the body waste energy. |
My understanding is that adrenaline is in our bodies throughout the day. Is this wrong? You need to increase your adrenaline production in order to get yourself out of bed in the morning and perform your daily tasks. A challenging task will provoke an increase in your adrenaline production, giving you the psychological and physiological edge you need; a boring task will lead to a drop in adrenaline.
I agree that an excess adrenaline rush most likely leaves people not feeling good. It's a common phenomena to mistake adrenaline for fear. But it isn't just in the morning, it is throughout the day. Motivating yourself to achieve goals requires discipline and commitment. So what would the science say to a subtle rise in adrenaline production through the day? Different jobs surely produce the same results. There's a difference between working in a quiet office and a busy one afterall.
Cheers,
Eisho
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| Eisho |
| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: Reading and adrenaline production |
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy wrote: |
I doubt reading ones goals would have any noticeable physiological affects to do with adrenaline, but maybe it could have behavioral effects, thus this is probably a better question to ask of people with educations in psychology or sociology. However, reading an action story could raise your adrenaline.
Although, there is definite evidence that your state of mind does have an effect on your body, how you perceive the world does have effects on your brain chemistry. |
I agree that reading goals will have behavioral effects over a period of time. That's the basis of personal development: create different habits to get different results. But I just wonder where the extra energy to achieve those goals comes from? And I wonder if there isn't some link between reviewing goals and an increase in adrenaline production. I mean, if you got an email that said tomorrow at short notice you would need to make a crucial presentation to your boss, your adrenaline level would rise, right? So if you say to yourself that tomorrow you are going to go to the gym and work out, would that not have a similar effect (if not the same intensity)?
Cheers,
Eisho
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