Neuroscience
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links:
Are We Punching Our Weight?
The Psychologist magazine's Ella Rhodes asks whether psychology is having the desired impact, through the media and policy.
The Trippy State Between Wakefulness and Sleep
And how it can help solve the mystery of human consciousness.
Why The Internet Isn't Making Us Smarter And How To Fight Back
Advice from psychologist David Dunning.
Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears
There's a new book out on the history of crying.
Sorry, You Can’t Speed Read
Two psychologists have reviewed the literature and they conclude: "it’s extremely unlikely you can greatly improve your reading speed without missing out on a lot of meaning."
Making Brain Waves in Society
Cliodhna O’Connor and Helene Joffe on the "ripple effects" generated as a piece of neuroscience leaves the laboratory.
What Can A Lemon Tell You About Your Personality?
Do you find yourself salivating at the merest thought of eating a lemon? The answer may say more about your mind than your taste for sour flavours (the first article for my new Personology column at BBC Future).
Enzo Yaksic: Profiler 2.0
For decades, the FBI has relied on a flawed criminal profile to identify and catch serial killers. Now a Boston data geek thinks he’s found a better way.
Cadaver Study Casts Doubts on How Zapping Brain May Boost Mood, Relieve Pain
Reporting for Science Magazine, Emily Underwood quotes researcher Vincent Walsh: The tDCS [transcranial direct current stimulation] field is “a sea of bullshit and bad science—and I say that as someone who has contributed some of the papers that have put gas in the tDCS tank".
Why We Sleep Badly on Our First Night in a New Place
Is it because half our brain is staying up to keep watch?
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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: 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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Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: The Five-point Plan to Help Paris Survivors Recover From Attacks New Scientist speaks to UCL psychologist Chris Brewin. The Problem With the Argument That People ‘Ignored’...
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Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: The Big Baby Experiment A London lab is deploying every technology it can to understand infant brains, and what happens when development goes awry. Linda Geddes reports...
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Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: Why are men more likely than women to take their own lives? In the Guardian, Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman argue that suicide prevention programmes need to take sex...
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Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: 2014’s Best Books on Psychology, Philosophy, and How to Live Meaningfully An end-of-year roundup from the BrainPickings website. Sickening and Morally Reprehensible Ella...
Neuroscience
Link feast
Are We Punching Our Weight?
The Psychologist magazine's Ella Rhodes asks whether psychology is having the desired impact, through the media and policy.
The Trippy State Between Wakefulness and Sleep
And how it can help solve the mystery of human consciousness.
Why The Internet Isn't Making Us Smarter And How To Fight Back
Advice from psychologist David Dunning.
Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears
There's a new book out on the history of crying.
Sorry, You Can’t Speed Read
Two psychologists have reviewed the literature and they conclude: "it’s extremely unlikely you can greatly improve your reading speed without missing out on a lot of meaning."
Making Brain Waves in Society
Cliodhna O’Connor and Helene Joffe on the "ripple effects" generated as a piece of neuroscience leaves the laboratory.
What Can A Lemon Tell You About Your Personality?
Do you find yourself salivating at the merest thought of eating a lemon? The answer may say more about your mind than your taste for sour flavours (the first article for my new Personology column at BBC Future).
Enzo Yaksic: Profiler 2.0
For decades, the FBI has relied on a flawed criminal profile to identify and catch serial killers. Now a Boston data geek thinks he’s found a better way.
Cadaver Study Casts Doubts on How Zapping Brain May Boost Mood, Relieve Pain
Reporting for Science Magazine, Emily Underwood quotes researcher Vincent Walsh: The tDCS [transcranial direct current stimulation] field is “a sea of bullshit and bad science—and I say that as someone who has contributed some of the papers that have put gas in the tDCS tank".
Why We Sleep Badly on Our First Night in a New Place
Is it because half our brain is staying up to keep watch?
_________________________________
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: 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
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: The Five-point Plan to Help Paris Survivors Recover From Attacks New Scientist speaks to UCL psychologist Chris Brewin. The Problem With the Argument That People ‘Ignored’...
- Link Feast
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: The Big Baby Experiment A London lab is deploying every technology it can to understand infant brains, and what happens when development goes awry. Linda Geddes reports...
- Link Feast
Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: Why are men more likely than women to take their own lives? In the Guardian, Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman argue that suicide prevention programmes need to take sex...
- Link Feast
Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: 2014’s Best Books on Psychology, Philosophy, and How to Live Meaningfully An end-of-year roundup from the BrainPickings website. Sickening and Morally Reprehensible Ella...