Critical+Thinking

=**Critical Thinking**=

|| **Critical Thinking** || Depression --> Increase in Abdominal Fat || Do people eat when they are sad? Some people don't eat when they are depressed. ||
 * **Research Finding**
 * Increase in Abdominal Fat --> Depression
 * Men are attracted to a certain hip to waist ratio; Men are attracted to obese women in Africa; Oxytocin can increase bonding behaviors. || Not all studies confirm the hip/ratio results; Skinny women are assumed to have AIDS in Africa--does this hold true for skinny men as well?; How can conclusions be made from one study at one university? ||
 * Gay men are more likely to be left-handed, be the younger sibling of an older brother, and have hair that whorls in a counter-clockwise direction. || Was this just from one culture? Gay men from all over the world? Don't straight men have these traits too. ||
 * 40% of women said they experienced aggression or violent acts, such as hitting, kicking, insults, isolation, or forced sexual acts, with their current partner and this domestic abuse impacts the whole family || Did not say how it impacts the family. How is "impact" on the family determined? ||
 * Synesthetes are insane/delusional; Synesthetes are LSD/Pot users;Synesthetes played with colored alphabet magnets when they were young || Gene mutation that causes cross-wiring seems more likely. //But even this is a theory. Has this wiring been isolated?// ||
 * Internet searching stimulates the brain. ||  ||
 * Holidays increase stress. ||  ||
 * Sex addiction, internet addiction, and compulsive shopping are new disorders. ||  ||
 * Telekinesis || Contradictions exist with evidence of levitation with thin thread attached to the fingers/palms. ||
 * Naps increase memory. || Study really only tested the ability to learn Chinese characters with and without a nap. ||
 * Holidays increase depression || Only tips to avoid depression given; no evidence that depression actually increases during Holidays. ||
 * Gratitude decreases stress and increases happiness and promotes healthy behaviors like increased sleep and increased exercise and leads to lower blood pressure. || Article read more like opinions than fact. No details of research given. Assumptions made without information to back it up. ||
 * Marijuana decreases brain inflammation and stimulates nerve cell growth. || Study was only done on lab rats; does this transfer to humans? ||
 * Two proteins in the brain linked to both nicotine addiction and autism. || Other false evidence may be avoided in order to prove someone's beliefs. ||
 * Newborns exposed to maternal smokers are more irritable and more difficult to soothe. || How is soothing defined? ||