Gorillas in our midst!

Watch this and i will comment on the video next week.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo

Why we secretly love a sad film!

We all secretly ( male or female) love to curl up on a winters night with a bottle of wine and chocolate and watch a tearjerker. The Notebook, A little bit of heaven, Love actually, my father my hero - there are many more sad films  that researchers have discovered we actually enjoy watching. Researchers at Ohio State Univeristy reported their study online in March in Communication Research. They asked over 400 undergraduates to view a segment of Atonement (a sad film) and asked them to fill out questionnaires measuring their happiness before and after watching the segment. The researchers found that the participants felt happier after watching the film ( which contradicted their initial hypothesis). They investigated further, and found that the participants felt happier after the film beacuse they had reflected on their own relationships and thought about how much their loved ones enhanced thier life. The participants were effectively 'counting their blessings' following watching a sad film. So next time you feel low becasue of stress at work or a friend has annoyed you, get watching a sad film and putting your life into perspective.