Reading Logs:

Directions: The purpose of this reading log is to help you better understand the texts,
main ideas, key points, and relevant quotes so that you can more effectively integrate
these ideas into your writing and essay.

Each week, please complete the reading logs for the texts you select. You will share your
completed reading log each week.

We will complete the first reading log together as a whole class as a model/example.

Title of text: “Love Is Medicine for Fear”

Author: Arthur C. Brooks

Main ideas (1-2 sentence summary of the main idea(s)) of the entire text:
The way to overcome fear is the opposite emotion of fear, which is love instead of brave.
Key points/important details:
1. according to the research, in more than 10 years Americans were living under the fear.
2. In ancient time, people found that love can neutralize fear, which has been proved by
modern neuroscience.
3. the feeling of fear is crated by amygdala, which makes people feel unhappy. However,
the “love molecule” can inhibit the reaction of amygdala so that people will not feel the
threaten from environment.
4. Although the world is becoming more and more difficult for living, the true problem
is people are lacking of love. People are so lonely that they are accumulating anxiety.
5. Some ways to have more love in the life: telling others about your fear, telling others
about your love, to be braver to show yourself to strangers and love your enemies.
6. Better life needs people to against their instincts.

Part(s) that were particularly interesting/important/memorable that I might include in

my essay (*do NOT just copy and paste, paraphrase in your own words):
the “love molecule” can inhibit the reaction of amygdala so that people will not feel the
threaten from environment.

Quote(s) that I liked and why:

“Perfect love drives out fear.”
This sentence clearly show the main point of this article.

Title: “A Rational Checklist is no Match for Emotions in Matters of the Heart”

Author: Karen Wu

Main ideas (1-2 sentence summary of the main idea(s)):

When people are finding a romantic relationship, try to give up the logic and follow the
heart(emotion).
Key points/important details:
1. According to research, many people are using online dating, which is
relationshopping. However, this works awful because people’s decisions are
always affected by emotion.
2. According to the research, people tend not to show their actual preference in the
real dating than their imagine, because temporary emotion will change their
thoughts
3. Although the research above may seem negative, the emotional control can also
be positive, like to break through the affections from parents.
4. To avoid the hot-cold empathy gap, people can ask others about their bis. In this
way, they can avoid the “hot” but undesirable situation. Also, listing a list of
desirable qualities of partners and check them calmly
5. Finding is not the important part, trying is.

Part(s) that were particularly interesting/important/memorable that I might include in

my essay (*do NOT just copy and paste, paraphrase in your own words):
People should not try to find a perfect partner and spend all the time in searching for
the partner, instead, they should try to begin a relationship first.

Quote(s) that I liked and why:

“Emotions serve an important evolutionary purpose, spurring us into action.”
I think this sentence shows the main idea of this article.

Title: What is Love – and Is It All in the Mind?

Author: Hannah Devlin

Main ideas (1-2 sentence summary of the main idea(s)):

All the part of love is determined by the biological factors.
Key points/important details:
1. When scanning the brain of lovers, researchers found that romantic will enhance
the level of activity of an area in brain that rich in dopamine.
2. Many detailed feelings when people falling in love are caused by different
chemicals
3. The level of activity of heart will influence the instant of feeling feelings.
4. Falling in love will lower the serotonin levels, which means the level of activity of
brain will become lower when in love, the logic will be less useful.
5. Many factors will influent the sexual orientation.
6. Gene only has a small influence in whether a man is a gay.
7. There is no evidence show that human have pheromone that can have strong
influence in romantic relationship.
8. Recently scientists find that gene may affect the possibility of cheating.

Part(s) that were particularly interesting/important/memorable that I might include in

my essay (*do NOT just copy and paste, paraphrase in your own words):
Falling in love will lower the serotonin levels, which means the level of activity of brain
will become lower when in love, the logic will be less useful.

Quote(s) that I liked and why:

A separate study found that people in love have much lower activity in their
frontal cortex – an area of the brain crucial to reason and judgment – when they
thought of their loved one. This part of explain is very academic but clear, paraphrase
may not work better.

Title:

Author:

Main ideas (1-2 sentence summary of the main idea(s)):

Key points/important details:

Part(s) that were particularly interesting/important/memorable that I might include in

my essay (*do NOT just copy and paste, paraphrase in your own words):

Quote(s) that I liked and why: