- The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why? by Marcia Angell | The New York Review of Books
- Why Hammocks Make Sleep Easier, Deeper : Shots – Health Blog : NPR
- Why Seeing (The Unexpected) Is Often Not Believing : NPR
- BBC – BBC Two Programmes – James May’s Things You Need to Know…, …about The Human Body
- Do Grades As Incentives Work? | Psychology Today
- Emory: Teen brain data could predict pop hits | Atlanta Business Chronicle
- Humans Could Have Geomagnetic Sight | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Controversial Neurofeedback Therapy “Reboots the Brains” of Soldiers with PTSD
Archive for June, 2011
Hammocks, Unexpected and Teens
In links on June 25, 2011 at 1:14 amCharacters, Green and Language
In links on June 17, 2011 at 7:19 pm- “Vaught’s Practical Character Reader,” weird phrenology book from 1902 – Boing Boing
- Reduce Performance Anxiety by Challenging Your Beliefs About Change – Lifehacker
- The blue and the green | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
- Tajimoto comments on 24 year old who suffered social anxiety his entire life. I finally conquered it. IAmA
- Does Language Shape What We Think?: Scientific American
- NMDA receptor blockade at rest triggers rapid behavioural antidepressant responses : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
- Business Students Score Higher on Narcissism – The Daily Stat – June 16, 2011 – Harvard Business Review
- Domain expertise insulates against judgment bias by monetary favors through a modulation of ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Carrots, Zen and Lead
In links on June 17, 2011 at 1:29 am- Carrots and sticks: Procrastination fix? | Daniel Pink
- The Bilingual Advantage – NYTimes.com
- Well OK Zen | MontereyCountyWeekly.com
- The Mystery of Consciousness Continues by John R. Searle | The New York Review of Books
- A drug that could erase your memories of being afraid – io9
- The Crime of Lead Exposure | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Make friends with strangers on “conceptual walks” in NYC – Boing Boing
- What We Expect Is What We Get – Lifehacker
Workouts, Jobs and Classes
In links on June 16, 2011 at 12:35 pm- Jonah Lehrer on an Intelligence Workout | Head Case – WSJ.com
- A Simple Exercise To Boost IQ | Wired Science | Wired.com
- The Psychology Behind Lean Startups | Justin Mares
- Sarcasm Boosts Creativity? Yeah, Right. | Miller-McCune – Miller-McCune
- Blanks for the Memories – WSJ.com
- Give the impression you want the job — sit up straight | Executive | Financial Post
- Audio Excerpt: The Secret Lives of the Brain | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Later Class Start Times Associated With A Delayed Sleep Schedule Leading To Poorer Sleep, Daytime Sleepiness And Lower Grade-Point Average
Basketball, Weight and Sugar
In links on June 15, 2011 at 7:05 pm- Science-Based Medicine » The Believing Brain
- YouTube – Right Said Fred – I`m Too Sexy (The Original)
- Basketball and Jazz | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Psychologist shows why we “choke” under pressure – and how to avoid it | UChicago News
- The best way to lose weight is to lie to yourself – io9
- What Sugar Actually Does to Your Brain and Body – Lifehacker
- Risk, Probability and How Brains Are Easily Misled | Wired Science | Wired.com
- How to Speak Persuasively: Scientific American Podcast
- 29 Ways to Stay Creative (and Be Happier) – Gizmodo
- Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Preferences leading to choices? «
Subways, Faces and Crowds
In links on June 15, 2011 at 7:04 pm- The Shortcut to the Shortcut: The 4 Key Principles of The 4-Hour Body
- All Happy Subways are Alike
- Disbelieving Free Will Makes Brain Less Free | Wired Science | Wired.com
- The Morphing Face Illusion
- Jonah Lehrer on the Wisdom and Foolishness of Crowds | Head Case – WSJ.com
- Designing Incentives for Crowdsourcing Workers | The CrowdFlower Blog
- The Optimism Bias – TIME
- The Web and the Wisdom of Crowds | Wired Science | Wired.com
Cheating, Memories and Bouba
In links on June 8, 2011 at 6:36 pm- Why People Cheat – Lifehacker
- Geometric Principles Appear Universal in Our Minds | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Stanford prison experiment – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Women Find Happy Men Less Attractive Than Grumps – Culture – GOOD
- Ads Implant False Memories | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Freakonomics » Do Musicians Have Better Brains?
- Feel the Noise: Touch, Hearing May Share Neurological Roots | Wired Science | Wired.com
- The Bouba/Kiki Effect – Boing Boing