Go Away From the Light -- To Make Good Decisions
We have an assistant principal I adore but who says he is very affected by light and wears these really outlandish glasses at night that look like sunglasses but deaden the light so it's more soothing. Now I'm thinking he may really be onto something. A new study has found that light affects our decisions. "Th e next time you want to turn down the emotional intensity before making an important decision, you may want to dim the lights first," newswise.com reports. Researchers in Canada discovered that human emotion, whether positive or negative, is felt more intensely under bright light. “Other evidence shows that on sunny days people are more optimistic about the stock market, report higher wellbeing and are more helpful while extended exposure to dark, gloomy days can result in seasonal affective disorder,” the Web site quotes A lison Jing Xu, assistant professor of management at University of Toronto Scarborough and the Rotman School of Managemen...