Neuroscience
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links
Anyone Can Give a Memorable TED Talk
Rules from the head of the famed conferences: focus, connect, practice—and have something to say.
The Two Word Games That Trick Almost Everyone
Playing two classic schoolyard games can help us understand everything from sexism to the power of advertising, writes Tom Stafford at his Neurohacks column for BBC Future.
Get Angry!
After listening to a podcast on the psychology of climate change denial, artist Sasha Mirzoyan uses his frustration as inspiration for creating this picture.
Saving Science from The Scientists (BBC Radio documentary)
Alok Jha delves into dodgy data, questionable practices and genuine ambiguity to ask if human decision making is impeding scientific progress, and if anything can be done about it.
Ahhhh, PPNAS!
Stats whiz Andrew Gelman takes aim at a new study in the journal PNAS that claimed air rage incidents are more common on flights with a separate first class section. "I think we have to accept statistical incompetence not as an aberration but as the norm," he says.
Help the National Museum of Psychology #KickstartHistory
Some of our colleagues across the pond are fund-raising to launch a museum of psychology.
The Encounter
Cognitive neuroscientist Chris Frith reflects on the nature of communication and consciousness. "Communication is not simply about the transfer of information. You can do that with a cash machine."
How Babies Quickly Learn to Judge Adults
By Susan Pinker for the Wall Street Journal.
Imagine These Experiments in Aphantasia
Aphantasia is the inability to see mental images. "The most striking aspect of this variation in mental life," writes Neurocritic, is that those of us with imagery assume that everyone else has it, while those without are flabbergasted when they learn that other people can 'see' pictures in their head".
Following The Latest Psychology Research Just Got Really Easy
Introducing the Research Digest App for iOS and Android.
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
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Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator Amusing and highly insightful new TED talk from Tim Urban of the Wait But Why blog. The Silent Companions Ben Alderson-Day at...
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Our editor's pick of the 10 best psychology and neuroscience links from the last week or so: Replication: Is the glass half full, half empty, or irrelevant? Is psychology research in crisis or not? The question is back on the agenda thanks to a new...
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Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Why We Should Talk to The Humans Transcript of an inspiring talk by Dan Gilbert on why it is important for psychologists to engage with the public. How to Have a Good...
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Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: The Psychologist Guide To… You and Your BabySimple evidence-based tips for those first few months, from Ella Rhodes at The Psychologist magazine (also check out...
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We trawled the web for this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Where is Psychology's Non-stick Frying Pan? In a letter to The Psychologist, Phil Banyard bemoans psychology's lack of headline discoveries and transformational...
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Anyone Can Give a Memorable TED Talk
Rules from the head of the famed conferences: focus, connect, practice—and have something to say.
The Two Word Games That Trick Almost Everyone
Playing two classic schoolyard games can help us understand everything from sexism to the power of advertising, writes Tom Stafford at his Neurohacks column for BBC Future.
Get Angry!
After listening to a podcast on the psychology of climate change denial, artist Sasha Mirzoyan uses his frustration as inspiration for creating this picture.
Saving Science from The Scientists (BBC Radio documentary)
Alok Jha delves into dodgy data, questionable practices and genuine ambiguity to ask if human decision making is impeding scientific progress, and if anything can be done about it.
Ahhhh, PPNAS!
Stats whiz Andrew Gelman takes aim at a new study in the journal PNAS that claimed air rage incidents are more common on flights with a separate first class section. "I think we have to accept statistical incompetence not as an aberration but as the norm," he says.
Help the National Museum of Psychology #KickstartHistory
Some of our colleagues across the pond are fund-raising to launch a museum of psychology.
The Encounter
Cognitive neuroscientist Chris Frith reflects on the nature of communication and consciousness. "Communication is not simply about the transfer of information. You can do that with a cash machine."
How Babies Quickly Learn to Judge Adults
By Susan Pinker for the Wall Street Journal.
Imagine These Experiments in Aphantasia
Aphantasia is the inability to see mental images. "The most striking aspect of this variation in mental life," writes Neurocritic, is that those of us with imagery assume that everyone else has it, while those without are flabbergasted when they learn that other people can 'see' pictures in their head".
Following The Latest Psychology Research Just Got Really Easy
Introducing the Research Digest App for iOS and Android.
_________________________________
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
Our free weekly email will keep you up-to-date with all the psychology research we digest: Sign up!
- Link Feast
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator Amusing and highly insightful new TED talk from Tim Urban of the Wait But Why blog. The Silent Companions Ben Alderson-Day at...
- Link Feast
Our editor's pick of the 10 best psychology and neuroscience links from the last week or so: Replication: Is the glass half full, half empty, or irrelevant? Is psychology research in crisis or not? The question is back on the agenda thanks to a new...
- Link Feast
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Why We Should Talk to The Humans Transcript of an inspiring talk by Dan Gilbert on why it is important for psychologists to engage with the public. How to Have a Good...
- Link Feast
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: The Psychologist Guide To… You and Your BabySimple evidence-based tips for those first few months, from Ella Rhodes at The Psychologist magazine (also check out...
- Link Feast
We trawled the web for this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Where is Psychology's Non-stick Frying Pan? In a letter to The Psychologist, Phil Banyard bemoans psychology's lack of headline discoveries and transformational...