It could happen.
Posted on 03/01/2011 7:42:53 PM PST by Fractal Trader
What should you do when you really, REALLY have to "go"? Make important life decisions, maybe. Controlling your bladder makes you better at controlling yourself when making decisions about your future, too, according to a study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Sexual excitement, hunger, thirst -- psychological scientists have found that activation of just one of these bodily desires can actually make people want other, seemingly unrelated, rewards more. Take, for example, a man who finds himself searching for a bag of potato chips after looking at sexy photos of women. If this man were able to suppress his sexual desire in this situation, would his hunger also subside? This is the sort of question Mirjam Tuk, of the University of Twente in the Netherlands, sought to answer in the laboratory.
Tuk came up with the idea for the study while attending a long lecture. In an effort to stay alert, she drank several cups of coffee. By the end of the talk, she says, "All the coffee had reached my bladder. And that raised the question: What happens when people experience higher levels of bladder control?"
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In one experiment, participants either drank five cups of water (about 750 milliliters), or took small sips of water from five separate cups. Then, after about 40 minutes -- the amount of time it takes for water to reach the bladder -- the researchers assessed participants' self-control. Participants were asked to make eight choices; each was between receiving a small, but immediate, reward and a larger, but delayed, reward. For example, they could choose to receive either $16 tomorrow or $30 in 35 days.
The researchers found that the people with full bladders were better at holding out for the larger reward later.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...
I would comment but I really have to go...sorry
If this were the case, I would be the prime example of self-control !!!!!!!!! seekthetruth can confirm my super freaky bladder control ability LOL
I’m really hoping this was not paid for by tax dollars.
Well, when drinking beer, once one has a full bladder, he can easily put off having another until AFTER relieving himself. Good science.
A full bladder causes me to make quick and un-thought out decisions. All I want to do is urinate.
All I know is if I have to make a decision and have to go, I will choose to make it as quickly and easily as possible...
School teachers as a group must maintain bladder control as part of their job. Hmmm...
Psychologists need psychiatrists.
I would like to... Uh-Oh!
Thank God for Depends.
Makes me a better Dancer!
TT
I have actually encouraged others to drink coffee knowing the acid and liquid will force them out of a meeting while I can stay there all day.
Makes them look well... not as strong and takes them off tempo.
I for one do not look for bags of potato chips after viewing pictures of sexy women....I go off looking for the sexy women.
So sometimes not resisting the urge to go can be the right decision. Of course it also helps to have a corrupt attorney general on your side.
was good money spent on this sort of nonsense...
bttt
Does this mean people with good bladder control are anal?
In other words, don’t make important decisions when you’re pissed off.
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