December 9, 2009
I usually go through the ‘self checkout’ lane in stores when they are an option, largely because they have shorter lines so assume I will get through faster. Like most people, I have been frustrated by items that don’t weigh enough for the machine to acknowledge they are in the bag, such a greeting card, and the times when the machine imperiously demands I put the 20 lb tub of cat litter on the small surface area among the salad vegetables before it will let me proceed. Despite this, I still prefer these lanes when I’m in a hurry and don’t have many items to scan!
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December 4, 2009
I just read an interesting article in Psychology Today called, So you think you’re having a senior moment? Think again, by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D. In it she says that the all-too-familiar lapses of memory that seem to get worse at midlife are not symptoms of imminent Alzheimer’s, but instead are caused by our determination to multitask.
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