Neuroscience
For when you've had enough of journal articles:
Are you happy? Sue Halpern in the New York Review of Books, says research on happiness is hampered by the variety of interpretations of what exactly it means to be happy. Her essay is a response to books on happiness by Dan Gilbert, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Tal Ben-Shahar, Eric G. Wilson, and Jerome Kagan.
Has science found a way to end all wars?
Daniel Ben-Ami in Spiked has had enough of the enoughism espoused by Oliver James and others.
In Psychology Today: How even the most hard-core skeptic thinks magically, believing in karma, luck, curses, and tempting fate.
Depression, illustrated.
The Am I Normal? series on BBC Radio 4 has continued with episodes on dyslexia, dyscalculia and insomnia.
The nature of consciousness debate has continued on ABC Radio's All in the Mind series (part 1 here).
Also on BBC Radio 4: Celebrating 70 years of Relate, the world's largest counselling organisation for relationships.
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: A new series is starting this evening on BBC Radio 4, entitled Am I normal? The series asks how professionals draw the line between someone who is OK and someone who isn't? The first episode tackles...
- Elsewhere
Psychology-related radio clips, podcasts, magazine features and more, for when you've had enough of journal articles: ABC Radio's All in the Mind series has continued with programmes on panic, blindness and the brain, and the neurobiology of suicide...
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: A feature article on violent behaviour, and another on drugs to combat mental fatigue, both open-access in the latest issue of Scientific American Mind. Read the winning entries in the National Amazing...
- How Being Happy Can Bring Success
You could fill a library with all the research showing an association between happiness and success – no surprise there, why wouldn’t success lead people to be more happy? But after conducting a comprehensive review of 225 studies, collectively involving...
- Happiness On Sciencefriday
On Sept 9, ScienceFriday talked to two experts on happiness, Daniel Nettle and Gregory Berns. Both have new books about happiness. Berns posits that happiness is more about the brain’s response to novelty rather than actual pleasure. Nettle argues that...
Neuroscience
Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles:Are you happy? Sue Halpern in the New York Review of Books, says research on happiness is hampered by the variety of interpretations of what exactly it means to be happy. Her essay is a response to books on happiness by Dan Gilbert, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Tal Ben-Shahar, Eric G. Wilson, and Jerome Kagan.
Has science found a way to end all wars?
Daniel Ben-Ami in Spiked has had enough of the enoughism espoused by Oliver James and others.
In Psychology Today: How even the most hard-core skeptic thinks magically, believing in karma, luck, curses, and tempting fate.
Depression, illustrated.
The Am I Normal? series on BBC Radio 4 has continued with episodes on dyslexia, dyscalculia and insomnia.
The nature of consciousness debate has continued on ABC Radio's All in the Mind series (part 1 here).
Also on BBC Radio 4: Celebrating 70 years of Relate, the world's largest counselling organisation for relationships.
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: A new series is starting this evening on BBC Radio 4, entitled Am I normal? The series asks how professionals draw the line between someone who is OK and someone who isn't? The first episode tackles...
- Elsewhere
Psychology-related radio clips, podcasts, magazine features and more, for when you've had enough of journal articles: ABC Radio's All in the Mind series has continued with programmes on panic, blindness and the brain, and the neurobiology of suicide...
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: A feature article on violent behaviour, and another on drugs to combat mental fatigue, both open-access in the latest issue of Scientific American Mind. Read the winning entries in the National Amazing...
- How Being Happy Can Bring Success
You could fill a library with all the research showing an association between happiness and success – no surprise there, why wouldn’t success lead people to be more happy? But after conducting a comprehensive review of 225 studies, collectively involving...
- Happiness On Sciencefriday
On Sept 9, ScienceFriday talked to two experts on happiness, Daniel Nettle and Gregory Berns. Both have new books about happiness. Berns posits that happiness is more about the brain’s response to novelty rather than actual pleasure. Nettle argues that...