FARK.com: (PDA version) (4741766) Another inane and stupid study found that negative thinking improves memory. What a load of crap. IIRC, Mecklenbräuker and Hager published the same garbage in the Journal of Psychological Research, Volume 46, Number 4, December 1st 1984

ninjakirby
2009-11-02 08:06:10 AM

Heh.

BillCo
2009-11-02 08:11:21 AM

You moron, you forgot to mention that it was on page 47.

the_be_sharps
2009-11-02 08:16:57 AM

i guess it doesn't improve spelling.

slayer199
2009-11-02 08:33:08 AM

I find the headline and subsequent article appallingly idiotic.

imgod2u
2009-11-02 08:52:06 AM

That is an incredibly clever headline. I can't imagine people being so negative; life would be hell. This person I knew was like that and he died at a very early age -- I think.

Seth'n'Spectrum
2009-11-02 08:54:26 AM

And for those of you who have a natural inclination to go check, no, the Journal of Psychological Research doesn't seem to exist, or it isn't a big deal.

sxacho
2009-11-02 09:14:26 AM

clap clap clap, subby.
clap clap clap

Generation_D
2009-11-02 09:19:31 AM

Blue pill.

Mr. Goodbeer
2009-11-02 09:21:17 AM

As a pessimist with a photographic memory I could have saved these fellows some time and money. I've never met anybody with an uncommonly good memory who wasn't depressed.

sip111
2009-11-02 09:24:47 AM

I am happier when I am drunk too, but I'd still rather live life sober.

FredaDeStilleto
2009-11-02 09:31:33 AM

Seth'n'Spectrum: And for those of you who have a natural inclination to go check, no, the Journal of Psychological Research doesn't seem to exist, or it isn't a big deal.

Here

Thisbymaster
2009-11-02 09:36:23 AM

Mr. Goodbeer: As a pessimist with a photographic memory I could have saved these fellows some time and money. I've never met anybody with an uncommonly good memory who wasn't depressed.

If you always remembered your mistakes, you would be depressed to.

0Icky0
2009-11-02 09:47:24 AM

Thisbymaster: If you always remembered your mistakes, you would be depressed to.

That would be true. But the only mistake that I ever made was once when I thought that I might be mistaken, but it turned out that I wasn't.

meat0918
2009-11-02 10:05:45 AM

If its true, it would explain why we remember shiatty things happening and relate them more often than the good things happening.

Of course, it's probably an advantage to remember what made you sick back in the day as a hunter/gather.

evilgreg
2009-11-02 10:26:07 AM

Mr. Goodbeer: As a pessimist with a photographic memory I could have saved these fellows some time and money. I've never met anybody with an uncommonly good memory who wasn't depressed.

What he said.

/never argue with good beer
//also, he's right

dalovindj
2009-11-02 10:28:36 AM

slayer199: I find the headline and subsequent article appallingly idiotic.

Personally, I find it shallow and pedantic.

t3knomanser
2009-11-02 10:58:08 AM

Actually, this was discussed at length in the book How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer.

Barakku
2009-11-02 11:45:04 AM

So since Elephants never forget, are they all massive emos?

/Emophant

RockIsDead
2009-11-02 11:52:34 AM

Or is it that the better your memory the more everything pisses you off?

Masso
2009-11-02 11:56:18 AM

Awesome headline. Very original.
/clap.

Tofino
2009-11-02 11:59:23 AM

Agreed, funny headline, and I tip my hat to subby!

Seth'n'Spectrum
2009-11-02 12:25:11 PM

FredaDeStilleto: Seth'n'Spectrum: And for those of you who have a natural inclination to go check, no, the Journal of Psychological Research doesn't seem to exist, or it isn't a big deal.

Here

Argh, got owned. For some reason, took the "Journal of" part too literally.

2wolves
2009-11-02 12:52:50 PM

On page 47.

TypoFlyspray
2009-11-02 04:01:24 PM

Mecklenbräuker and Hager et al., dickhead.

/ Genius, subby. Pure genius.

minoridiot
2009-11-02 06:54:44 PM

So does this mean that positive reinforcement makes kids stupid?

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