Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
Babies as young as 14 months show signs of altruism.
Psychological factors that predict adjustment and coping in people with multiple sclerosis.
Neurotic people spend more time than others looking at the eyes of fearful faces.
The confirmation bias is not unstoppable (pdf).
How to report effect sizes in psychology.
Ramachandran reviews his research that's used mirrors to help brain-damaged patients.
The role of decreased oxytocin release in the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Oxytocin is a hormone that's previously been associated with trust and the forming of social bonds.
Applying neuroscience and psychology to the design of buildings. The Digest loves this topic. (For more see here).
From "not a big deal" to "hellish": Older people's diverse experiences with dementia.
- 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...
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Eye-catching studies that I didn't get a chance to report on in full: The personality profile of people who get bullied at work. Adults with autism are better than healthy controls at dividing their attention. The biological basis of the nocebo...
- A Social 'viagra' For Shy People?
The days of finding Dutch courage in a quick drink before a stressful situation could soon be over – researchers have reported that a few sniffs of the hormone oxytocin can dampen the brain’s fear response to threatening images. The finding follows...
- Learn To Trust Your Own Eyes
...or so says one of Jenny Holzer's truisms. As an addendum to yesterday's post on Oxytocin and Mind Reading, I present to you the comments of Professor Paul Zak as a public service announcement, sponsored by The Neurocritic: The synthetic oxytocin...
- Oxytocin And Mind Reading...
Mind Reading & Telepathy Experiment in process... ...or, I Can See It In Your Eyes. No, not that kind of "mind reading," but the ability to decode another person's mental state, also called theory of mind. In a study by Domes and colleagues (2006),...
Neuroscience
Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:Babies as young as 14 months show signs of altruism.
Psychological factors that predict adjustment and coping in people with multiple sclerosis.
Neurotic people spend more time than others looking at the eyes of fearful faces.
The confirmation bias is not unstoppable (pdf).
How to report effect sizes in psychology.
Ramachandran reviews his research that's used mirrors to help brain-damaged patients.
The role of decreased oxytocin release in the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Oxytocin is a hormone that's previously been associated with trust and the forming of social bonds.
Applying neuroscience and psychology to the design of buildings. The Digest loves this topic. (For more see here).
From "not a big deal" to "hellish": Older people's diverse experiences with dementia.
- 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 I didn't get a chance to report on in full: The personality profile of people who get bullied at work. Adults with autism are better than healthy controls at dividing their attention. The biological basis of the nocebo...
- A Social 'viagra' For Shy People?
The days of finding Dutch courage in a quick drink before a stressful situation could soon be over – researchers have reported that a few sniffs of the hormone oxytocin can dampen the brain’s fear response to threatening images. The finding follows...
- Learn To Trust Your Own Eyes
...or so says one of Jenny Holzer's truisms. As an addendum to yesterday's post on Oxytocin and Mind Reading, I present to you the comments of Professor Paul Zak as a public service announcement, sponsored by The Neurocritic: The synthetic oxytocin...
- Oxytocin And Mind Reading...
Mind Reading & Telepathy Experiment in process... ...or, I Can See It In Your Eyes. No, not that kind of "mind reading," but the ability to decode another person's mental state, also called theory of mind. In a study by Domes and colleagues (2006),...