Article time!
So, a friend of mine shared this article on Facebook and I found it quite interesting! I think it would make a good read for English learners!!
It's called: The Woman Who Lost Her Sense of ‘Mine’ By Melissa Dahl and you'll find it here:
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/the-woman-who-forgot-everything-she-owned.html?mid=atlas
It's an article about how people get attached to their stuff (their material possessions) and how people seem to express their self-identity through their belongings.
Melissa Dahl points out: "In 1890, William James, the 19th-century scholar who is considered by many to be the founder of modern psychology, wrote in The Principles of Modern Psychology, “a man’s Self is the sum total of all that he can call his, not only his body and his psychic powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and his children, his ancestors and friends, his reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht and bank-account.”"
Presented in this article is a case study, which was published in the journal Cortex by science writer Rolf Degen, about a woman who lost her sense of ownership over her belongings and about how it felt to her to not be emotionally attached to anything.
This article contains some words you may need to look up, so get your dictionaries ready!
I hope you find the article interesting!
Have a great day!
So, a friend of mine shared this article on Facebook and I found it quite interesting! I think it would make a good read for English learners!!
It's called: The Woman Who Lost Her Sense of ‘Mine’ By Melissa Dahl and you'll find it here:
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/07/the-woman-who-forgot-everything-she-owned.html?mid=atlas
It's an article about how people get attached to their stuff (their material possessions) and how people seem to express their self-identity through their belongings.
Melissa Dahl points out: "In 1890, William James, the 19th-century scholar who is considered by many to be the founder of modern psychology, wrote in The Principles of Modern Psychology, “a man’s Self is the sum total of all that he can call his, not only his body and his psychic powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and his children, his ancestors and friends, his reputation and works, his lands and horses, and yacht and bank-account.”"
Presented in this article is a case study, which was published in the journal Cortex by science writer Rolf Degen, about a woman who lost her sense of ownership over her belongings and about how it felt to her to not be emotionally attached to anything.
This article contains some words you may need to look up, so get your dictionaries ready!
I hope you find the article interesting!
Have a great day!
:) :)
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