Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
Attentional blink transfers from one hemisphere to another, even in a split-brain patient with a severed corpus callosum.
No evidence for neuropsychological impairment among university football and rugby players with history of head injuries.
The nature of human aggression.
Campaigns to promote increased physical activity are cost-effective.
The neurobiology of Meditation and its clinical effectiveness in psychiatric disorders.
Marathon running impairs explicit memory but enhances implicit memory (hat tip: Mind Hacks).
When misconduct goes unnoticed: The acceptability of gradual erosion in others’ unethical behaviour.
Female sexual orientation perceived from face in less than 40ms. Snap judgments beat longer deliberation. (hat tip: @tomstafford) Finding follows similar results for male sexual orientation.
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Why pop-up ads on the computer don't work and just annoy. Do people use reverse psychology in everyday life? Brief and rare mental “breaks” keep you focused. Men say they're less likely...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: When people are confronted by a scientific finding that contradicts their existing beliefs, they tend to conclude that the topic in question isn't amenable to scientific study. The effects...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The mangled butterfly: Rorschach results from 45 violent psychopaths. For people with low self-esteem, repeating the statement "I'm a lovable person" can make them feel worse. “It's like...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Judging a car's personality from the way it looks. Rugby players may be affected by all those knocks on the head. How cynicism spreads at work. "The more debts people had, the more likely they...
- Men's Sexual Orientation Recognised In A Fraction Of A Second
It only takes a 50ms glimpse (that's one twentieth of a second) of a man's face for people to recognise his sexual orientation. Nick Rule and Nalini Ambady said such an ability could have evolved for reasons relating to sex or may simply reflect...
Neuroscience
Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:Attentional blink transfers from one hemisphere to another, even in a split-brain patient with a severed corpus callosum.
No evidence for neuropsychological impairment among university football and rugby players with history of head injuries.
The nature of human aggression.
Campaigns to promote increased physical activity are cost-effective.
The neurobiology of Meditation and its clinical effectiveness in psychiatric disorders.
Marathon running impairs explicit memory but enhances implicit memory (hat tip: Mind Hacks).
When misconduct goes unnoticed: The acceptability of gradual erosion in others’ unethical behaviour.
Female sexual orientation perceived from face in less than 40ms. Snap judgments beat longer deliberation. (hat tip: @tomstafford) Finding follows similar results for male sexual orientation.
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Why pop-up ads on the computer don't work and just annoy. Do people use reverse psychology in everyday life? Brief and rare mental “breaks” keep you focused. Men say they're less likely...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: When people are confronted by a scientific finding that contradicts their existing beliefs, they tend to conclude that the topic in question isn't amenable to scientific study. The effects...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The mangled butterfly: Rorschach results from 45 violent psychopaths. For people with low self-esteem, repeating the statement "I'm a lovable person" can make them feel worse. “It's like...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Judging a car's personality from the way it looks. Rugby players may be affected by all those knocks on the head. How cynicism spreads at work. "The more debts people had, the more likely they...
- Men's Sexual Orientation Recognised In A Fraction Of A Second
It only takes a 50ms glimpse (that's one twentieth of a second) of a man's face for people to recognise his sexual orientation. Nick Rule and Nalini Ambady said such an ability could have evolved for reasons relating to sex or may simply reflect...