Neuroscience
For when you've had enough of journal articles:
Dan Jones, writing for Prospect Magazine, uncovers the psychological foundations of our moral beliefs.
ABC Radio's All in the Mind series continues with a programme about four-year-old Tara who lacks a corpus callosum, the bundle of nerve fibres that usually connect the two hemispheres. (MP3 audio).
The Freakonomics blog of the New York Times asks "How much progress have psychology and psychiatry really made?"
"The kindness of strangers": Zoe Lewis in the Guardian writes about her experience of group therapy for depression.
An article in the New York Times says we don't know enough about the effects of long term antidepressant treatment that starts in adolescence.
Listen to the latest Maudsley debate: Is happiness overrated? (MP3 audio).
- Link Feast
Our pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: The Monster Mind Enlisting the help of Godzilla and a few of its friends, Jonathan Myers (writing at The Psychologist magazine) considers why we see monsters and what form they take....
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: Is anger a mental illness? Four experts debate in a Guardian podcast. An interview with Lorna Martin, author of the book "Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown". Watch Newsnight's report on the...
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: Britain has become the true Prozac Nation, claims Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg. From New York magazine: Kids lie all the time - they've learned how to from their parents. A recent episode of Horizon...
- The Brain's Great Connector
Pick two people off the street at random, put them in a brain scanner, and look at the thickness of their corpus callosums – that’s the massive bundle of nerve fibres that connects the two halves of the brain. In all likelihood, you’ll find it’s...
- Sleep Now
["... Now" is a short post of cog sci topics in the news] Last week, the New York Times had several articles on sleep. You can see the list at Bora Zivkovic's A Blog Around the Clock blog: Sleeping with the New York Times. David Corcoran of the New...
Neuroscience
Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles:Dan Jones, writing for Prospect Magazine, uncovers the psychological foundations of our moral beliefs.
ABC Radio's All in the Mind series continues with a programme about four-year-old Tara who lacks a corpus callosum, the bundle of nerve fibres that usually connect the two hemispheres. (MP3 audio).
The Freakonomics blog of the New York Times asks "How much progress have psychology and psychiatry really made?"
"The kindness of strangers": Zoe Lewis in the Guardian writes about her experience of group therapy for depression.
An article in the New York Times says we don't know enough about the effects of long term antidepressant treatment that starts in adolescence.
Listen to the latest Maudsley debate: Is happiness overrated? (MP3 audio).
- Link Feast
Our pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: The Monster Mind Enlisting the help of Godzilla and a few of its friends, Jonathan Myers (writing at The Psychologist magazine) considers why we see monsters and what form they take....
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: Is anger a mental illness? Four experts debate in a Guardian podcast. An interview with Lorna Martin, author of the book "Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown". Watch Newsnight's report on the...
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: Britain has become the true Prozac Nation, claims Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg. From New York magazine: Kids lie all the time - they've learned how to from their parents. A recent episode of Horizon...
- The Brain's Great Connector
Pick two people off the street at random, put them in a brain scanner, and look at the thickness of their corpus callosums – that’s the massive bundle of nerve fibres that connects the two halves of the brain. In all likelihood, you’ll find it’s...
- Sleep Now
["... Now" is a short post of cog sci topics in the news] Last week, the New York Times had several articles on sleep. You can see the list at Bora Zivkovic's A Blog Around the Clock blog: Sleeping with the New York Times. David Corcoran of the New...