One more worry.The conclusion does not follow from the data in "Worried to Death: Lifelong inhibitions hasten has·ten v. has·tened, has·ten·ing, has·tens v.intr. To move or act swiftly. v.tr. 1. To cause to hurry. 2. rodents' deaths" (SN: 12/13/03, p. 373). The possibility was not ruled out that the same inborn inborn /in·born/ (in´born?) 1. genetically determined, and present at birth. 2. congenital. in·born adj. 1. Possessed by an organism at birth. 2. trait trait (trat) 1. any genetically determined characteristic; also, the condition prevailing in the heterozygous state of a recessive disorder, as the sickle cell trait. 2. a distinctive behavior pattern. that causes fear of novelty also hastens aging. A cohort of novelty-averse rats should have been left stressfree to answer this important question. TOM PASKAL, MONTREAL, QUEBEC |
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