Audrey sent this article from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-case-for-calling-mom-in-one-chart/2012/01/06/gIQAv0c1eP_blog.html?wprss=ezra-klein
Wired flags a new study that proves many mothers across the country right: For your own sake, you should call home more often. The research comes from Evolution and Human Behavior. It finds that a phone call to mom provides significant stress relief while instant message conversations won’t quell the nerves.
The study author tells Wired, “the results suggest that mom’s voice — its tones and intonations and rhythms, known formally as prosodics — trigger soothing effects, rather than what she specifically says.”
To summarize in non-chart form: Call your mother!
I'm grateful to each of my daughters for calling their mother!
Wired flags a new study that proves many mothers across the country right: For your own sake, you should call home more often. The research comes from Evolution and Human Behavior. It finds that a phone call to mom provides significant stress relief while instant message conversations won’t quell the nerves.
The study author tells Wired, “the results suggest that mom’s voice — its tones and intonations and rhythms, known formally as prosodics — trigger soothing effects, rather than what she specifically says.”
To summarize in non-chart form: Call your mother!
I'm grateful to each of my daughters for calling their mother!
