Neuroscience
(Apologies, the final link in this list was given incorrectly in the latest Digest email. The correct link is given below.)
Why can't doctors do anything about a simple back problem? The views of service users.
Why does average IQ keep going up and what are the implications for neuropsychological testing?
Perhaps children should be taught to touch-type.
The timed antagonistic response alethiometer - a cunning new way to detect liars (this is different from the recent study in the media about getting liars to tell their story backwards).
- A Small Proportion Of The Population Are Responsible For The Vast Majority Of Lies
Obviously some people lie more often than others. What's surprising is new research showing that the spread of lying propensity through the population is uneven. There is a large majority of "everyday liars", and a small minority of "prolific liars"....
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Snappy 'in brief' journal articles are becoming more popular in psychology - how often are they cited compared with standard length articles? Just what is it about the view of city skylines...
- Spread The Word
Please help us spread the word about our free Research Digest service. As well as the Blog, the Digest is also available as a fortnightly email, which includes pointers on how the research fits into the Psychology A-level syllabus here in the UK, plus...
- Twitter As An Incubator Of Swine Flu Misinformation
xkcd Randall Munroe is not that far off... Foreign Policy's net.effect blog is one of many blogs with a story about this: Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinformSat, 04/25/2009 - 5:56pmWho knew that swine flu could also infect Twitter? Yet this...
- Controversy Over Us Military Traumatic Brain Injury Cognitive Assessment
Today, NPR's All Things Considered will be airing a report it prepared with ProPublica about problems with the US military's approach to testing the cognitive function of individuals. Here is a link to a ProPublica article about the issue: Testing...
Neuroscience
Extras
(Apologies, the final link in this list was given incorrectly in the latest Digest email. The correct link is given below.)Why can't doctors do anything about a simple back problem? The views of service users.
Why does average IQ keep going up and what are the implications for neuropsychological testing?
Perhaps children should be taught to touch-type.
The timed antagonistic response alethiometer - a cunning new way to detect liars (this is different from the recent study in the media about getting liars to tell their story backwards).
- A Small Proportion Of The Population Are Responsible For The Vast Majority Of Lies
Obviously some people lie more often than others. What's surprising is new research showing that the spread of lying propensity through the population is uneven. There is a large majority of "everyday liars", and a small minority of "prolific liars"....
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Snappy 'in brief' journal articles are becoming more popular in psychology - how often are they cited compared with standard length articles? Just what is it about the view of city skylines...
- Spread The Word
Please help us spread the word about our free Research Digest service. As well as the Blog, the Digest is also available as a fortnightly email, which includes pointers on how the research fits into the Psychology A-level syllabus here in the UK, plus...
- Twitter As An Incubator Of Swine Flu Misinformation
xkcd Randall Munroe is not that far off... Foreign Policy's net.effect blog is one of many blogs with a story about this: Swine flu: Twitter's power to misinformSat, 04/25/2009 - 5:56pmWho knew that swine flu could also infect Twitter? Yet this...
- Controversy Over Us Military Traumatic Brain Injury Cognitive Assessment
Today, NPR's All Things Considered will be airing a report it prepared with ProPublica about problems with the US military's approach to testing the cognitive function of individuals. Here is a link to a ProPublica article about the issue: Testing...