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we learn and we store the information better
in our memory.
And why are words, such as Mandela’s so
important for emotion? Because words
are the carriers of knowledge to make
communication happen and when we load
emotion in them the “light” switches on, it’s
when we communicate successfully.
The last concept I want to make about this
is the so called “Cognitive Reserve” which
it seems it is a lot better thanks to aerobic
exercise, so people who do it have better
memory through the years, and it is not lost
even when exercise is stopped.
The other story I want to mention here
is about the findings of a study of Adult
Development carried out during 75 years at
HarvardUniversity on 724men fromdifferent
locations in USA, status levels, education,
health conditions, a varied number of men
as varied as the map or the US can be. The
probably longest research in history of this
type aimed at the eternal question of “What
makes us happy”? The fourth, and for the
moment the last director of the research
psychiatrist Robert Waldinger affirms that
the answer is without any doubt as simple as
this:
“Good relationships through life keep
us happy and healthy”. People who had
satisfactory relationships along their lives
resulted more satisfied when becoming old,
happier and HEALTHIER. So again, it is not
only about feelings and emotion but also
about our body.
Some words back, when we were still in
Oxford, we mentioned exercise and memory
storage. We also mentioned touching and
moving people’s attention when learning
or even people’s hearts by filling up words
with emotion when communicating. In
conclusion,two very distant and different
studieswhich coincide in the incredible power
of words and the benefit of good relationships
and communication throughout life.
To finish, a touch of cinema,
Steven Spielberg is a master of this, do you
remember E.T. and three words “my home”
and “phone” which made us cry in two hours
more than in our whole lives. What was that?
It was the emotion in them, the relationship
or communication between a child and an
awfully ugly monster coming from outer
space which gave the magic to “light on” the
moving power to make bicycles fly across the
moon.
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