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Narcissistic Personalities Usually Do Do Better Than You And Me And The Average Person. We've Always Seen It In The Office. The Person Who Speaks Up More In Meetings, The Person Who's Charismatic, Who Can Sell An Idea With More Excitement And Energy.

Humans Are Crude Linguists From The Moment Of Birth - And Perhaps Even In The Womb - To The Extent At Least That We Can Hear Spoken Sounds And Begin To Recognize Different Combinations Of Language Sounds.

The Mind And The Body Are Inextricably Entwined, And Rarely Are Their Inseparability Clearer Than When We're Under Some Kind Of Mental Pressure. The Moment We Start Trying To Learn A New Skill, Make A Decision Or Otherwise Think On Our Feet, Our Nervous System Reacts - With Accelerated Pulse Rate, Increased Respiration, Even Sweating.

The Families Of Many Athletes - Incensed At The Sports Leagues And Hoping To Make Games Safer Overall - Are Increasingly Making The Brains Of Players Who Die Prematurely And Suspiciously Available For Study. Some Athletes Are Even Making The Bequest Themselves.

Marketers Have Long Known That A Name Can Make All The Difference When You're Trying To Move The Merch. The Kiwifruit Was Once The Chinese Gooseberry, After All - At Least Until The Produce Peddlers Wised Up - And The Chilean Sea Bass Was Once The Singularly Unappetizing Patagonian Toothfish.