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Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links:
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: A Matter of Life and Death Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson at The Psychologist argue there’s a role for psychologists in helping people with their Advance Decisions....
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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: How the Internet Has Changed Bullying Before the Internet, bullying ended when you withdrew from whatever environment you were in, writes Mario Konnikova at the New Yorker....
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Our pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Making Holidays Work With the holiday season in full swing, work and organisational psychologist Jessica de Bloom (writing for The Psychologist) takes a tour of the world of vacation...
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The Psychologist Guide To… You and Your Baby
Simple evidence-based tips for those first few months, from Ella Rhodes at The Psychologist magazine (also check out our own "10 surprising things babies can do").
Stop Being So Self-Conscious
Relax, people aren't paying as much attention to you as you think they are. By Paul Bloom for The Atlantic.
Down From the Trees, Humans Finally Got a Decent Night’s Sleep
Humans are more efficient sleepers than any other primate. By Carl Zimmer for New York Times.
People Don’t Really Love the Charity-Donation Gift
Melissa Dahl at New York's Science of Us reports on one of the insights from the festive episode of our PsychCrunch podcast.
Incubation in Creative Problem Solving (lecture video)
In this lecture for CogNovo, Psychologist Kenneth Gilhooly discusses the role of unconscious processing in creativity.
The Science of Learning: Five Classic Studies
Want to know how to learn better? Here’s what psychologists have discovered about the mental processes involved. By Tom Stafford for The Guardian.
The Strange Psychology of Pain Relief Medicine
How branding, descriptions of targeted effects, and tablet colours can all affect our beliefs about the effectiveness of drugs.
How branding, descriptions of targeted effects, and tablet colours can all affect our beliefs about the effectiveness of drugs.
When Does Gratitude Bring Better Health?
During the holiday season, gifts, cards, carols and donations constantly urge us to give thanks. But gratitude really can have beneficial psychological effects. Susan Pinker in the Wall Street Journal.
Evidence of a Christmas Spirit Network In the Brain: Functional MRI Study
There is a “Christmas spirit network” in the human brain, according to this new research published in the BMJ as part of its festive collection of daft-but-real studies.
And finally ... These Are the 13 Neuroscience Blogs and Podcasts You Need to Follow in 2016
"I recommend the following 13 science writers, bloggers and podcasters," says neuroscientist and writer Sarah McKay. "They discuss with warmth, insight, wisdom and a solid foundation of knowledge the latest science and stories related to the mind, brain and behaviour. Follow them and your brain will thank you."
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Link feast will return in 2016.
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
Our free fortnightly 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: A Matter of Life and Death Celia Kitzinger and Sue Wilkinson at The Psychologist argue there’s a role for psychologists in helping people with their Advance Decisions....
- 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: How the Internet Has Changed Bullying Before the Internet, bullying ended when you withdrew from whatever environment you were in, writes Mario Konnikova at the New Yorker....
- Link Feast
Our pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Making Holidays Work With the holiday season in full swing, work and organisational psychologist Jessica de Bloom (writing for The Psychologist) takes a tour of the world of vacation...
- Feast
Our round-up of the latest juicy psychology links from around the web: One time that psychology came to their rescue. In case you missed it: leading psychologists help mark 200 issues of the BPS Research Digest email by sharing their stories. A History...