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hedgehog report

Another study on sense of time
Vrabel, Christopher J. (2009) Sense of Time, Inhibition and Working Memory in College-Aged Students. PhD dissertation. Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Inhibition was not related to time reproduction or time discrimination. In addition, time reproduction was not related to working memory, ADHD or trait anxiety. However, time discrimination was related to working memory, self-report symptoms of ADHD and trait anxiety. Subsequent analyses showed that visuospatial working memory predicted above and beyond verbal working memory. When tested in a stepwise fashion, self-report measures of ADHD and trait anxiety both predicted significant variance in time discrimination ability above and beyond working memory. Further analyses showed that, although participants were able to solve medium level time discrimination items using working memory, as the level of difficulty increased and exceeded the capacity of working memory, participants were forced to rely more on their sense of time. The results of this study provide evidence that symptoms of ADHD and anxiety are related to “purer” deficits in sense of time as related to an internal clock.

I could have told you that
Caci, Hervé; Bouchez, Jacques & Bayté, Franck J. (22 April 2009) “Inattentive Symptoms of ADHD Are Related to Evening Orientation.” Journal of Attention Disorders : early view.

time, money.

Reading Life Hacker. Article on starting a vegetable garden now. Thinking hmm… maybe I should do that this year… Read:

it appears that J.D. doubled his money in 2008—around $600 worth of fruit and vegetables for $300 worth of supplies and 60 hours of labor.

Screeetch! What?

Now, perhaps the past year has just sensitized me to just how precious time is, but let’s just say you make only $10 an hour.

You spend $300 of cash and $600 of time for a total of $900.
You get $600 worth of fruit and veg and the satisfaction of DIY.

If you really love the act of gardening that’s great.

I’d get more satisfaction out of getting to see friends, cook something nicer than student mush, or making some art.

I no longer feel guilty about not growing my own food.