This Is Your Brain On Scarcity

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October 18, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace When you're very lonely, or when you're hungry, or when you're poor, a large portion of the day is spent entertaining thoughts related to the source of your scarcity. - Eldar Shafir - This Is Your Brain On Scarcity Scientists have long recognized that poverty can aggravate health problems. Now they're also beginning to understand that the stress of too little income actually changes the way people think. Princeton psychologist Eldar Shafir says that's normal for someone who's not making ends meet. He studies the brain on scarcity. He says it doesn't matter what kind of scarcity you're dealing with. When humans don't have enough of something, that fact dominates our consciousness. { read more } Be The Change Notice how often your thoughts turn to making ends meet, and gift someone this week who "doesn't have enough." COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The One Thing They Carried With Them The Difference Between Listening & Hearing On Navigating Stuckness Building A Regret Free Life 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently Maya Angelou On Resilience and Children Because I'm Happy DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 150,023 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More