Neuroscience
For when you've had enough of journal articles:
Time magazine describes what it's like for the siblings of children with autism.
Bad Science on how pill pushers and the media medicalise social problems (scroll down for link to MP3 audio file).
The Guardian explores the healing power of books.
What everyone should know about their own minds: Introspective insights from PsyBlog.
Decoding consciousness video webcast - watch Prof Geraint Rees give the latest Francis Crick Lecture at the Royal Society (via Real Player).
Who is more admirable: Bill Gates or Mother Theresa? Stephen Pinker raises the question in his search of our moral instinct, in an article for the New York Times. (Hat Tip Mind Hacks).
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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...
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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...
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For when you've had enough of journal articles: "He was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain" - Elizabeth Day of The Observer newspaper meets Howard Dully, who was subjected to frontal lobotomy at the age of 12. "You must remember this" - Penelope...
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Psychology-related radio clips, podcasts, magazine features and more, for when you've had enough of journal articles. "My brain made me do it". Debate at the Institute of Ideas on the use of neuroscience in politics and the courtroom. (Video Webcast)....
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Conversations on consciousness: Sue Blackmore interviews Dan Dennett (MP3), VS Ramachandran (MP3), and Francis Crick (MP3). IQ: the brilliant idea that failed (book review). The spinning silhouette optical illusion - worth checking out. Brief discussion...
Neuroscience
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For when you've had enough of journal articles:Time magazine describes what it's like for the siblings of children with autism.
Bad Science on how pill pushers and the media medicalise social problems (scroll down for link to MP3 audio file).
The Guardian explores the healing power of books.
What everyone should know about their own minds: Introspective insights from PsyBlog.
Decoding consciousness video webcast - watch Prof Geraint Rees give the latest Francis Crick Lecture at the Royal Society (via Real Player).
Who is more admirable: Bill Gates or Mother Theresa? Stephen Pinker raises the question in his search of our moral instinct, in an article for the New York Times. (Hat Tip Mind Hacks).
- 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...
- 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
For when you've had enough of journal articles: "He was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain" - Elizabeth Day of The Observer newspaper meets Howard Dully, who was subjected to frontal lobotomy at the age of 12. "You must remember this" - Penelope...
- Elsewhere
Psychology-related radio clips, podcasts, magazine features and more, for when you've had enough of journal articles. "My brain made me do it". Debate at the Institute of Ideas on the use of neuroscience in politics and the courtroom. (Video Webcast)....
- Elsewhere
Conversations on consciousness: Sue Blackmore interviews Dan Dennett (MP3), VS Ramachandran (MP3), and Francis Crick (MP3). IQ: the brilliant idea that failed (book review). The spinning silhouette optical illusion - worth checking out. Brief discussion...