These 50 sheets of tissues paper weigh10.4 ounces, or 0.2 ounces per single sheet.
These 30 6″ by 9″ envelopes altogether weigh 7.85 ounces, which is 0.262 ounces each.
This stack of 8, 4″ coasters weighs 2.0 ounces. Thus, each weighs 0.25 ounces.
Two young boys in the seats in front of us were restless, especially the youngest who appeared to be about two or three years old, who did not want to stay in his seat. The older one, perhaps 4 or 5 years old, was much quieter. I wanted to help. Their young mother cajoled the younger one with treats and gentle threats but to no avail. I wanted to help, and finally it occurred to me that I had a little tablet and a pen in my purse. I handed them to the mother, who gave it to her younger child. He did not want it. His mother suggested that he give it back to me, and explain that he did not want it. So I received it back.
And having heard that their names both began with J, I wrote J on the tablet. I asked the older child if he knew what this was. He said It was a J. then I wrote down several letters at his request, making a word out of them if I could.
Here are some of the words I wrote. This game lasted for about 40 minutes. Then the boys fell asleep until landing. Their mother pointed out to me that they were, “Like angels.”
The position of the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia positions inside the human brain. The prefrontal cortex is a part of the brain, about which we have all heard, which does not mature until age 25. It helps to regulate brain’s preconscious responses which occur in a few milliseconds (less than 33) in the amygdala. It possibly does this via the basal ganglia. You can see in this picture that the prefrontal cortex is immediately in front of, and above, the basal ganglia.
Here is a picture of of the basal ganglia position in relation to the position of the amygdalae.
For a link to the source of this diagram, please see the post in this blog on the basal ganglia, the prefrontal cortex, the amygdala, and anger .
As we all know, it is very important for us to be able to control our anger. Knowing something about the mechanics of it can help us to “keep our heads cool”.