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Full Bladder Improves Decision Making

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can't-talk-now-gotta-go dept.

anymouse writes "What should you do when you really, REALLY have to 'go'? Make important life decisions, maybe. Controlling your bladder makes you better at controlling yourself when making decisions about your future, too, according to a study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science."

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  1. What if you can't get a full bladder? by devxo · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I'm currently hospitalized for a longer period of time ( earlier post regarding it ) and I have a catherer, which also takes the urine immediately from the body. What should I do as I can't get a full bladder? On a side note, it's been great for playing MMO's as there's no need to get up to toilet...

  2. Holding it increases your blood presure. by Loether · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've been going to the doctor with a family member often and they were constantly taking his blood pressure. So I've been curious about the things that affect blood pressure and according one nurse if you have a full bladder your blood pressure will go up significantly. (Couldn't quickly confirm via google, could a slashdot MD confirm or refute?)

    I wonder if the increase in blood pressure do to holding it gives your brain more blood so it functions better. I wonder if there is a way to control the experiment for the blood pressure difference.

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  3. Also good for road trips. by Xzzy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's also damn near impossible to fall asleep when you have to piss.

    Drink lots of water on road trips, to the point you more or less constantly have to go, and you will never doze off.

  4. I must've been a genius! by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I served as the chairman of a not-for-profit board for a while. And our meetings just seem to be interminable.

    Finally, I offered to be the permanent refreshment-bringer. I purchased only spicy or salty snacks, and only caffeinated beverages -- actually, just a tiny non-zero number of non-caffeinated ones to prevent moaning from the "I can't have caffeine" board member.

    My idea wasn't to ensure good decisions, but just that something got decided and we didn't sit around all night trying to redirect back to the subject at hand.

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  5. On the edge of my chair by FencingLion · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My secret weapon in the music competitions of my youth was to forgo visiting the restroom until after the performance. I felt having to pee gave me the edge I needed.

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