Neuroscience
Our round-up of the latest juicy tit-bits in the world of psychology:
In the New York Times, The Gopnik siblings Alison (a psychologist) and Adam (a writer) discuss a new book on siblings - "The Sibling Effect" by Jeffrey Kluger. It's a wonderful discussion that ends up weighing the value of psychological research versus literature in the search for self-understanding.
Meet the Brain Donors ... a new Welcome Trust exhibition that examines the lives of brain donors and reveals what happens in brain banks.
BBC magazine article on the use of mental health labels as jokey insults.
The LSE has had some great public lectures recently, which you can listen to online, including: Katalin Farkas on how technology is extending our minds; Ben Rogers and Roger Scruton on whether architecture can promote well-being; and Robert Trivers on self-deception.
Two new TED talks worth watching: Alison Gopnik on babies, and Richard Seymour on beauty.
Psychologist and stats whiz Andy Field with an irreverent look at the top-five stats mistakes made by scientists.
It's time to rethink the way we educate people about alcohol, says anthropologist Kate Fox, because at the moment we're just reinforcing the false belief that being drunk necessarily leads to violence and aggression. "The effects of alcohol on behaviour are determined by cultural rules and norms, not by the chemical actions of ethanol," she says.
Brace yourselves for a feast of mind and brain radio shows on BBC Radio 4 next month.
New digital version of the American Psychological Association's Monitor mag.
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.
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Tuck into our latest round-up of the best psych and neuro links. New brains exhibition (free entry) at London's Wellcome Collection "Brains: The Mind as Matter" has now opened. Includes samples from Albert Einstein's brain. There's a new pictorial...
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Tuck into our round-up of the latest and best psych and neuro links: It's never too late to become a musician. Brain Pickings highlights a new book by neuroscientist Gary Marcus: Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning. Free...
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Our round-up of the latest psychology links from around the web: How do successful people make good decisions? You can download the audio of Prof Landman's talk at the RSA. Ten days left to watch Bobby Fischer: Genius and Madman on BBC iPlayer. Claudia...
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Our round-up of the latest juicy tit-bits in the world of psychology: "All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen I'll make you see That this is thriller, thriller night" Michael Jackson. Why do we like scaring ourselves?...
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Our round-up of the latest juicy tit-bits from the world of psychology: The problem with twin studies (via @mrianleslie). A tendentious view from Slate magazine. For an alternative view, check out the Digest's own guest post on "Why...
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In the New York Times, The Gopnik siblings Alison (a psychologist) and Adam (a writer) discuss a new book on siblings - "The Sibling Effect" by Jeffrey Kluger. It's a wonderful discussion that ends up weighing the value of psychological research versus literature in the search for self-understanding.
Meet the Brain Donors ... a new Welcome Trust exhibition that examines the lives of brain donors and reveals what happens in brain banks.
BBC magazine article on the use of mental health labels as jokey insults.
The LSE has had some great public lectures recently, which you can listen to online, including: Katalin Farkas on how technology is extending our minds; Ben Rogers and Roger Scruton on whether architecture can promote well-being; and Robert Trivers on self-deception.
Two new TED talks worth watching: Alison Gopnik on babies, and Richard Seymour on beauty.
Psychologist and stats whiz Andy Field with an irreverent look at the top-five stats mistakes made by scientists.
It's time to rethink the way we educate people about alcohol, says anthropologist Kate Fox, because at the moment we're just reinforcing the false belief that being drunk necessarily leads to violence and aggression. "The effects of alcohol on behaviour are determined by cultural rules and norms, not by the chemical actions of ethanol," she says.
Brace yourselves for a feast of mind and brain radio shows on BBC Radio 4 next month.
New digital version of the American Psychological Association's Monitor mag.
-
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.
- Feast
Tuck into our latest round-up of the best psych and neuro links. New brains exhibition (free entry) at London's Wellcome Collection "Brains: The Mind as Matter" has now opened. Includes samples from Albert Einstein's brain. There's a new pictorial...
- Feast
Tuck into our round-up of the latest and best psych and neuro links: It's never too late to become a musician. Brain Pickings highlights a new book by neuroscientist Gary Marcus: Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning. Free...
- Feast
Our round-up of the latest psychology links from around the web: How do successful people make good decisions? You can download the audio of Prof Landman's talk at the RSA. Ten days left to watch Bobby Fischer: Genius and Madman on BBC iPlayer. Claudia...
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Our round-up of the latest juicy tit-bits in the world of psychology: "All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen I'll make you see That this is thriller, thriller night" Michael Jackson. Why do we like scaring ourselves?...
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Our round-up of the latest juicy tit-bits from the world of psychology: The problem with twin studies (via @mrianleslie). A tendentious view from Slate magazine. For an alternative view, check out the Digest's own guest post on "Why...