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ACCC clears Optus to scrap HFC network and use NBN instead
The ACCC has cleared, provisionally, the proposed deal between Optus and NBN Co under which Optus is to be paid around $800m to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN. read moreCloudy days may mean brighter brains
William Atkins
Saturday, 18 April 2009 20:20
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Dr. Forgas concluded by saying, "Accurately remembering mundane, everyday scenes is a difficult and demanding task, yet such memories can be of crucial importance in everyday life, as well as in forensic and legal practice.”
In another study performed by Dr. Forgas, the research team determined that sad feeling people (those with a negative mood) are more effective in providing persuasive messages and influencing others than are happy feeling people (those with a positive mood).
The article “When sad is better than happy: Negative aVect can improve the quality and effectiveness of persuasive messages and social influence strategies” was published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (and available online on July 17, 2006).
Feeling sad may be better at remembering things and influencing people, but I'd rather be happy, and not sad.
In the Associated Content article Weather Effects Mood and Memory, "The winter blues is a common phenomenon among Americans. You've likely experienced it yourself; you feel low, have less energy, and may even become depressed. It has long been known that some individuals suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder where they become depressed in fall or winter. Weather affects mood, but did you know the weather may also affect memory?"
Read more because this study provides a little bit different slant on weather and memory.
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