In my book Lexicon by Max Berry, manipulation seems to be a recurring theme. Manipulation is an evil, but it is also a skill that is very hard to master. We use manipulation in our everyday lives, and sometimes we may not even notice we are doing it. Bribery is the most common type of manipulation, the classic " do your homework or you wont get ice cream when you get home" gets students every time, but why? Well , Ichan School of Medicine published an article that answers our question "Under normal conditions, the circuit controls an individuals responses to natural rewards, such as food, sex, and social interactions , and is therefor an important determinate of motivation and incentive drive. In simplistic terms, activation of the pathway tells the individual to repeat what it just did to get that reward. It also tells the memory centers in the brain to pay particular attention to all features of that rewarding experience, so it can be repeated in the future.", So there you have it, we are "pre-wired" at birth to like to be manipulated.
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Cami
10/9/2015 10:15:22 am
Now i really want to read this book that i previously did not
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