{"id":3253,"date":"2016-10-25T20:20:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T03:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2016-10-30T17:47:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T00:47:17","slug":"the-science-of-how-and-why-we-swear-what-profanity-can-teach-us-about-how-we-tolerate-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2016\/10\/25\/the-science-of-how-and-why-we-swear-what-profanity-can-teach-us-about-how-we-tolerate-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"The SCIENCE of how and why we swear &#8211; what profanity can teach us about how we tolerate pain."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Option #1:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/the-science-of-how-and-why-we-swear-1785255715\">What can we learn about the science behind profanity (shocking words?_<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>&#8220;One thing we know from pain experiments\u2014where subjects put their hands into nearly-freezing water to see how long they can hold it there\u2014is that people do better when they are told to swear. However, people who report swearing more in their normal lives show less pain alleviation when they swear with their hand in cold water. So swearing does less for people who swear more.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>OPTION #2:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2016\/10\/25\/the-science-of-how-and-why-we-swear-what-profanity-can-teach-us-about-how-we-tolerate-pain\/12-cats-lady\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3281\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2016\/10\/12-cats-lady.jpg\" alt=\"12-cats-lady\" width=\"712\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2016\/10\/12-cats-lady.jpg 712w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/files\/2016\/10\/12-cats-lady-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hzUCwKBsCBE?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Questions:<\/strong><br \/>\nCan cats be left-paw or right-paw dominant?<br \/>\nWhat do the results indicate about their brains?<br \/>\nMost humans have a preferred hand (and foot, eye and ear), meaning that one of the pair responds more frequently than the other to stimuli. Human brains map into two hemispheres that have specialized functions with \u201ccrossed\u201d connections. The left hand is controlled by the right hemisphere\u2019s cortex region and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>The constants in this experiment are the cats, the environment and the tester. The cats will respond to various\u2014tempting\u2014articles in their vicinity, and the frequency with which they use each paw is recorded. Across activities, a general conclusion can be reached about paw preference and perhaps the similarity of a cat\u2019s brain to that of a human.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials:<\/strong><br \/>\nGroup of cats.<br \/>\nCat treats.<br \/>\nFeathers.<br \/>\nString.<br \/>\nLogbook.<br \/>\n<strong>Experimental Procedure<\/strong><br \/>\nRecord the gender and age for each cat.<br \/>\nPlace a treat beneath a piece of furniture or piece of paper near the cat.<br \/>\nObserve which paw the cat uses to reach for the treat.<br \/>\nTake a short break and repeat. Do this again for a total of three times per cat.<br \/>\nWhen the cat is lying quietly, gently twist a feather approximately 12 inches from its upper body and lay the feather down.<br \/>\nObserve which paw the cat uses to reach for the feather.<br \/>\nTake a short break and repeat as above.<br \/>\nLikewise, with similarly reclining cat, wiggle a six-inch piece of string in front of the cat.<br \/>\nObserve which paw the cat uses to try and trap the string.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With nine results for each cat, calculate a percentage for the two paws and make conclusions about paw preference.<\/strong><br \/>\nA table can record the results:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Test<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cat 1<\/span><br \/>\nF, 3 yrs<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\">Cat 2<\/span><br \/>\nM, 5 yrs<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Cat 3<\/span><br \/>\nM, 2 yrs<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Cat 4<\/span><br \/>\nF, 8 yrs<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Treat 1<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Treat 2<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Treat 3<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Feather 1<\/span><br \/>\nPie charts can display the percentages visually:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Option #1: What can we learn about the science behind profanity (shocking words?_ &#8220;One thing we know from pain experiments\u2014where subjects put their hands into nearly-freezing water to see how long they can hold it there\u2014is that people do better &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/2016\/10\/25\/the-science-of-how-and-why-we-swear-what-profanity-can-teach-us-about-how-we-tolerate-pain\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":519,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3253"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3284,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions\/3284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/ignasv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}