Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight:
In terms of driving safety, napping has a more rejuvenating effect on younger people aged 20 to 25 than on the middle-aged (40-50 years old). (See earlier).
'The KKK won't let me play' - ostracism is painful no matter who's doing the rejecting. (See earlier).
You've got to love this article title: "I know what you did last summer (and it was not CBT): A factor analytic model of international psychotherapeutic practice in the eating disorders". Here's the referenced movie. (See earlier).
How we acquire music. (See earlier).
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Our dreams lose their colour as we get older. (see earlier item on the Digest). Infant whining is uniquely distracting, even more than machine noise (pdf). For Fun, Love, or Money: What Drives...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Is OCD a form of hypermorality? Can children aged five to six years discriminate between accents? The wonderfully named "Silver Lining Questionnaire" used to measure the idea that some good can...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: What might happen if psychologists revealed their religious faith to clients. Cephalopod molluscs are conscious, don't you know. (See earlier). How terror increases the appeal of controversial,...
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Eye catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The Implicit Association Test, thought to reveal people's true attitudes, can be faked. (See earlier). How winning one prize can be better than winning two. Can trauma lead to compulsive hoarding?...
- Where Did All The Memories Go?
What’s your earliest memory? If you’re an adult, it’s unlikely to be from before you were three and half to four years old. So what happens to your memories from before that age? It’s not that you never had any: two and three-year-olds gladly...
Neuroscience
Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight:In terms of driving safety, napping has a more rejuvenating effect on younger people aged 20 to 25 than on the middle-aged (40-50 years old). (See earlier).
'The KKK won't let me play' - ostracism is painful no matter who's doing the rejecting. (See earlier).
You've got to love this article title: "I know what you did last summer (and it was not CBT): A factor analytic model of international psychotherapeutic practice in the eating disorders". Here's the referenced movie. (See earlier).
How we acquire music. (See earlier).
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Our dreams lose their colour as we get older. (see earlier item on the Digest). Infant whining is uniquely distracting, even more than machine noise (pdf). For Fun, Love, or Money: What Drives...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Is OCD a form of hypermorality? Can children aged five to six years discriminate between accents? The wonderfully named "Silver Lining Questionnaire" used to measure the idea that some good can...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: What might happen if psychologists revealed their religious faith to clients. Cephalopod molluscs are conscious, don't you know. (See earlier). How terror increases the appeal of controversial,...
- Extras
Eye catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The Implicit Association Test, thought to reveal people's true attitudes, can be faked. (See earlier). How winning one prize can be better than winning two. Can trauma lead to compulsive hoarding?...
- Where Did All The Memories Go?
What’s your earliest memory? If you’re an adult, it’s unlikely to be from before you were three and half to four years old. So what happens to your memories from before that age? It’s not that you never had any: two and three-year-olds gladly...