- The First Real-Time Study of Parents Spanking Their Kids – TIME Healthland
- BBC News – Brain ‘rejects negative thoughts’
- What reward does your brain actually seek? – Boing Boing
- Candid Camera gag (1962) reveals the pressure to conform to group behavior – Boing Boing
- How to Hack Your Memory: 4 Tips to Achieve Perfect Memory « Lettuce be Cereal
- Forced Exercise’s Effects on the Brain – NYTimes.com
- Neuroscience explanations are more believable than mere psychological ones – Boing Boing
- Jonah Lehrer on Daniel Kahneman’s New Book | Head Case – WSJ.com
Archive for October, 2011
Brains, Spanking and Candid Cameras
In links on October 15, 2011 at 2:19 pmSiblings, Nature, and Malpractice
In links on October 7, 2011 at 11:23 pm- AFP: Marijuana blocks PTSD symptoms in rats: study
- Female Promiscuity Is a Biological Imperitive
- States Cut Malpractice Payouts by Encouraging Doctors to Apologize – The Daily Stat – September 22, 2011 – Harvard Business Review
- Why Being Relaxed Makes Us Spend Too Much Money | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Are You Teaching People to Treat You Badly? | Psychology Today
- The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker – review | Books | The Guardian
- Underestimating Nearby Nature
- The Sibling Effect — By Jeffrey Kluger — Book Review – NYTimes.com
- Why Do You Close Your Eyes to Remember? | Psychology Today
iPhones, The Point, and Klingon
In links on October 5, 2011 at 8:40 pm- You Love Your iPhone. Literally. – NYTimes.com
- [citation needed]» Blog Archive » the New York Times blows it big time on brain imaging
- Part of placebo effect ascribed to cannabinoids
- Why Do Some People Learn Faster? | Wired Science | Wired.com
- Is Happiness Even the Point? | Psychology Today
- Embarrassed? You’ve Won More Trust : Discovery News
- BBC News – ‘Klingon’ helps Milton Keynes man deal with dyslexia
- Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science | Video on TED.com
- Watch lectures on mind, brain, and human nature – Boing Boing
Cooling, DMV and No
In links on October 2, 2011 at 1:04 am- Yawning May Cool the Brain : Discovery News
- Why You Should Cut Disgruntled DMV Employees Some Slack – Culture – GOOD
- The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them)
- The Body Odd – Blame it on the alcohol? Maybe not, study suggests
- Why Do You See Stars When You Get Hit in the Face?
- Single dose of hallucinogen may create lasting personality change
- More bad news: The (mis)reporting of statistical results in psychology journals « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- William Ury: The walk from “no” to “yes” | Video on TED.com
- One gene turns low-ranking mice into alpha-rodents | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine