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A rather limited study by neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart of brain patterns in 40 volunteer journalist subjects seems to show a prevalence of lack of emotional self-control, as well as lower than average problem-solving skills, among other deficiencies. High blood levels of cortisol were significant.
The headline conclusion reached is that journalists are undoubtedly subject to a range of pressures at work and home, but the meaning and purpose they attribute to their work contributes to helping them remain mentally resilient despite this. Nevertheless, there are areas for improvement, including drinking more water and reducing alcohol and caffeine consumption to increase executive functioning and improve recovery during sleep.
[...] As a group, the journalists also exhibited lower executive functioning scores than the average person, indicating a lower than average ability to regulate emotions, suppress biases, solve complex problems, switch between tasks, and think flexibly and creatively. It is likely that the levels of caffeine/alcohol and the lack of water consumed contributed to the low scores recorded for executive functioning because of the severe impact of dehydration on cognitive ability.
Read the study here: TaraSwart.com [PDF]
[ n1: This is not a peer reviewed study. It was launched in association with the London Press Club, and the objective was to determine how journalists can thrive under stress. Tara Swart is a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan, she holds a BsC in Biomedical Science and PhD in Neuropharmacology from Kings College London, and a BM BcH in Medicine from Oxford University. ]
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday May 22 2017, @03:14AM
> You are really saying thousands of people a year are buying fully automatic weapons?
No, you're inacccurately conflating "AK-47" with "fully automatic weapon." I quoted a U.S. Web page which says that accessories for the AK-47 are more popular (there, I presume) than those for the SKS. I also quoted a commenter there who seemed to be saying that the AK-47s sold in the U.S. are typically not fully automatic.
> Not to mention I'm guessing a full auto AK is $1k+ [...]
You seem to understand that an AK-47 need not be fully automatic, else you wouldn't have used "full auto" as a qualifier. You seem reluctant to acknowledge that a semi-automatic AK-47 exists. Yet you fault journalists for being confused or ignorant.
> Not even gonna visit the website you mention, it's so far fetched I can't even.
That was easy.
> What does that have to do with the availability of them in the US? Unless you're saying it's just as easy to get an AK in Chicago as it is in Istanbul.
What does the availability of AK-47s in the U.S. have to do with the ability of British journalists to deal with stress?