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Post by Coolkat on Dec 15, 2015 10:42:02 GMT -8
It doesn't matter what we've experienced -- whether it's the breathtaking scope of the Grand Canyon, the ethereal beauty of the Aurora Borealis, or the exhilarating view from the top of the Eiffel Tower -- at some point in our lives we've all had the feeling of being in a complete and overwhelming sense of awe.
Psychological scientists Melanie Rudd and Jennifer Aaker of Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Kathleen Vohs of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management devised a way to study this feeling of awe in the laboratory. Across three different experiments, they found that jaw-dropping moments made participants feel like they had more time available and made them more patient, less materialistic, and more willing to volunteer time to help others. Science DailyBolding was done by me.
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Post by echo on Dec 15, 2015 10:50:27 GMT -8
Interesting to know what most people found those kind of feelings from. Nowadays people use "awesome" for the most mundane moments.
I think the times I was honestly in Awe, jaw dropping, breath stealing, awe, might have seemed mundane to anyone watching, but I remember that middle of the night, staggering from bed to snuggle one of my sons in the rocking chair, moments like that
And everytime I've been on the ocean or in the Beartooths, there have been fleeting glimpses of that. Once in a sleeping bag, by a lake in the Beartooths, I looked up and saw dawn breaking to the East, but the West was deeply dark and so diamond bright with stars while right overhead was my favorite color of blue, it seemed an endless expanse of sky, and I guess it was.
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Post by Coolkat on Dec 15, 2015 11:52:41 GMT -8
My most recent experience with this was this summer on the NCT sitting on the beach of Lake Superior. Northern lights put on a show like I've never seen before. Mostly green but some white and faint red. Went on for ours. What a wonderful universe we live in!
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Post by Coolkat on Dec 17, 2015 10:06:03 GMT -8
"Our investigation indicates that awe, although often fleeting and hard to describe, serves a vital social function. By diminishing the emphasis on the individual self, awe may encourage people to forgo strict self-interest to improve the welfare of others," said Paul Piff, PhD, assistant professor of psychology and social behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He was lead author of the study, which was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Awe is that sense of wonder we feel in the presence of something vast that transcends our understanding of the world. People commonly experience awe in nature, but also in response to religion, art and even music. Science Daily
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