油与皇历

有这样一个民间笑话:卖油郎有个勤俭的妻子。每次他挑油出去卖,他妻子总要舀上一勺藏起来。到了年底,卖油郎正为没钱过年而叹气,妻子端出一坛油叫丈夫卖了过年。一个卖皇历的知道了这件事,就在自己老婆面前夸卖油郎的妻子。卖皇历人的妻子听了,说“这有何难,我也能做到!”到了年底,卖皇历的为还不了债而发愁。她老婆捧出一大堆老皇历,对丈夫说:“你把它卖了过年。”卖皇历的     

问路的老人

那时，我还在东莞一家制鞋厂做流水线工人。     

树荫下的老人

几年前,我家的门口有一棵美丽的大树。树干要三个人才能合抱起来,大树足有六层楼那么高。尤其是那庞大的树冠就像一把撑开的绿伞,随风歌唱,充满诗意。树冠下常常会看到悠然的避暑之人,尽情地休息。正是有这棵大树的伴随,夏天才变得不再漫长。但是令我无法忘记的还有一位树荫下的老人。[第一段]     

老人的心愿

春去冬来，花开花落，老人常年奔波在一条住家与教堂的路上，不管刮风下雨，还是严寒酷暑，老人总是乐此不疲地行走在通往教堂的路上。作为教友，她觉得每天进堂是天经地义的事，没有理由不去进堂。但她的孩子们并不这样想，他们总是以各种理由为名在一步步地疏远着教堂。看着深陷在世俗事务中执迷不悟的孩子们，老人脸上的皱纹更深了，她也曾劝过他们去进堂，哪怕就在主日天或大瞻礼去进堂，     

信的意义

信是重要的,但我们也不能把信强调过分。后,马丁路得改教,提出“因信称义“的道理来调上帝的恩典。这一个强调十分重要,因为上帝法就有功劳、有了功劳,上帝就要称他为义。 因为保罗说:“我们得救是本乎恩,也因着信。(弗2:8)所以“因信称义”不是我们信仰的全部,我们不能强调信而把上帝的恩撇在脑后抨击天主教,“因信称义”就成了新旧两教的分水岭。近年天主教与新教的信义宗在“因信称义”的问题上达成了协议。协议书十分强调的恩是第一位的,其次才是人的信。如果我们强调信过了度,我们就会蹈犹太人的覆辙。犹太人认为人可以靠行津法称义,因为行了津现在我们如果撇下上帝的恩不说,过分强调因信称义,就会把人的信变成一种功劳,在上帝面前换取称义。这是极端错误的。     

母亲的信

母亲这辈子只写过一封信，因为她一个字也不识。     

关爱老人

俗话说:“家有一老,如有一宝。”这句话,听起来很动听,但是看看现今的时代,对于老人又关心多少呢?今年我22岁,虽然我这个年龄是人生中最美丽的阶段。但是有一天,我也会走向老年人行列,也许有人会说为什么,你会有这种怪异的想法、因为人生为你还很长呀?     

敬事老人

“我儿,你父亲年老了,你当扶助;在他有生之日,不要使他忧伤。若他的智力衰弱了,你要对他有耐心,不要因你年富力强就藐视他;”(德3:12.13) 这一段圣言给我们的印象特别深,对照日常生活中有关老人问题的所见所闻,包括我们亲身经历的,不难发现,圣言中规戒的行为,并     

信靠

基督是人类的救主,十字架是我们得救的根源。历世历代,十字架就像一朵五彩斑斓的鲜花,在那圣山上永放光芒。主的话语是医治我们的良药,主的恩典是我们的避难所,让我们在事奉的生涯中,学会信靠。生活要刚强(腓4:11-12)信心所产生的功效是能量,我们基督徒要将人生的主权交给神,我们要从自己的心态的宝座     

The man who executed "imagined" movements: evidence for dissociable components of the body schema

We examined the nature of representations underlying motor imagery and execution in a patient (CW) with bilateral parietal lesions. When imagining hand movements, CW executed the imagined motor act but was unaware of the movements. These movements were significantly more accurate than volitional movements for the left but not right hand. CW also exhibited preserved motor imagery for the left but not right hand. Consistent with previous accounts, these findings suggest that motor imagery may normally involve the inhibition of movements. CW's unawareness of movements during motor imagery may reflect inattention or misattribution of the unexpected sensory feedback. Furthermore, in line with current models of motor control, motor imagery may depend on the integrity of a "forward model" derived from motor outflow information to generate a prediction of the consequences of a motor command. Such predictions appear to be preserved for imagery of left but not right hand movements in CW. Action may additionally depend on precise updating of effector position derived from the comparison of predicted and actual sensory information. We propose that CW's impaired volitional movements may be attributable to the degradation of such an updating mechanism.     

相信"过年吃药不吉利"险些丧命

有一些人出于不良的目的,宣称:患病不吃药,烧香念佛好。当然,若是邪教的目的就更险恶了!曾发生过这么一件事情:辽宁省盘锦地区,在民间传出“过年吃药不吉利”的谣言,并称,吃一次药,就一年到头药离不了口,折腾一年,一年在苦海中煎熬。这种显而易见的谣言竟还有人相信,在短短的两天时间内,一家医院就先后抢救了11位心     

The man who wasn't there: Subliminal social comparison standards influence self-evaluation

Life provides an endless stream of social comparison information. Because opportunities to compare with others are so abundant, social comparison theory traditionally assumes that people are selective in their comparison activities and primarily compare with deliberately selected standards. Recent research, however, demonstrates that social comparisons often occur spontaneously, even if no standard is explicitly provided or deliberately selected. We examined whether comparisons are so spontaneous that they are even engaged if people are fleetingly exposed to a potential standard—so fleetingly that they remain unaware of the standard. In three studies, participants were subliminally primed with moderate versus extreme, high versus low standards during self-evaluation. Results demonstrate that self-evaluations are influenced by subliminally presented standards. Specifically, self-evaluations are assimilated towards moderate standards and contrasted away from extreme standards. These self-evaluative consequences of subliminal standards, however, were only obtained if participants engaged in self-reflection during standard exposure. These findings emphasize that social comparisons are truly ubiquitous processes that are engaged even for fleeting exposure to standard information.     

A contribution to "stiff man" syndrome

A patient with the clinical symptoms of the "Stiff-man"-syndrome, but an atypical course was introduced. Symptoms and course were compared with similar cases mentioned in literature. The "Stiff-man"-syndrome is probably a disease of central origin affecting the relationship between inhibitory and excitatory regulation of the muscle tonus, especially the exteroceptive reflex mechanisms. Several pathological processes of the CNS can be held responsible for the disturbance of the balance in this regulatory system.