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Want to become more creative, empathetic, social, and pretty much more psychologically healthy? Practice keeping an open mind, writes Joan M. Cook, a trauma psychologist at the Yale School of Medicine, in her new essay for TIME.
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You don't even have to change your mind, she writes: "You just need to be open to expanding it." Cook explains how, below.
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TODAY’S TOPICS
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QUICK CHAT
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Your nose is bigger than you think
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When I recently interviewed Dr. Ryan Salvador, an ENT surgeon at Sinus & Snoring Specialists in Austin, about the ear, nose, and throat symptoms you should never ignore, he offered to switch our phone call to FaceTime so he could show me some medical diagrams. (I love when doctors come prepared with visual aids.)
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He pulled up an illustration of the inside of the nose and mentioned something that stopped me in my tracks: The nasal cavity is about as big as your mouth. Wait, what? I had questions. —Angela Haupt
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This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
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Science Photo Library—Getty Images
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Hold on. The inside of my nose is HOW big?
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The nasal cavity is huge. It's about as big as your mouth. Think about the roof of your mouth, where your upper teeth are. The nasal cavity extends all the way back above that area. Most people don't realize just how much space is inside there.
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What's actually taking up all that space?
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Inside your nose, you have structures called turbinates. They're shelves of tissue that help warm and humidify the air you're breathing. And your nasal cavity extends much farther back than the part of your nose you can see from the outside.
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And where do the sinuses fit into all of this?
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The sinuses are air-filled cavities in the bones of your face. They produce mucus that drains into your nose. You have frontal sinuses above your eyes, ethmoid sinuses between your eyes, and maxillary sinuses—the largest ones—underneath your eyes.
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So all of this is happening right behind my face?
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Exactly. Your nose and sinuses occupy a surprisingly large area, and they're very close to other important structures, including your eyes. In some places, only a very thin plate of bone separates them.
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Read the full story here.
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Beauty at the bedside
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Dr. Maryam Zamani
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Dr. Maryam Zamani’s home is filling up with body parts. The plastic surgeon collects Jonathan Adler’s sculptural decor, including breast-covered vases and a face-shaped vessel that holds her bedside glasses. She loves the curves, textures, and double takes from visitors who suddenly realize what’s decorating the dining table.
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Her bedside books offer another way of looking at the human form. Among them is The Atlas of Beauty, a collection of portraits of women around the world that reminds Zamani how many ways there are to be beautiful. “There’s no consistent feature. There’s no one set ratio. There’s no one type of skin tone,” she says.
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In a profession where she sees a pull toward one particular look, she likes keeping that reminder close. “You can recognize how each person is so beautiful in their own way.” —A.H.
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SATURDAY READ
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How to keep an open mind
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By Joan M. Cook
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J Studios—Getty Images
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No one particularly likes to have their views challenged—to be told they don’t see things clearly or have the full picture. And when someone, like a friend, neighbor, co-worker, journalist, or podcast host disagrees with our way of thinking, it’s natural to get a bit defensive.
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It’s easy to think we are right, and someone else’s perceptions and ways of being are wrong. But the tighter we clench our jaws and fists, the more we restrict our ability to connect and expand both our views and our connections.
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Open-mindedness is related in part to intellectual humility, recognizing one’s own imperfections as a knower, and appreciating others’ thinking strengths.
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Read the full essay here.
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