Neuroscience
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week:
Is psychology a science? A heart-felt, wise response from Scott Lilienfeld.
Your brain on alcohol, animated.
A company that only employs people with autism is changing attitudes towards autistic workers.
Meet the data vigilante: Uri Simonsohn, the man who blew the whistle on two high-profile fraud cases in psychology recently, was interviewed in the Atlantic.
Are You a Psychopath? Take the Test.
The December issue of The Psychologist magazine is now available online and it includes a wonderful series of articles on the human senses, all open-access. (also check-out this free digital preview of the issue via Issuu).
Paul Bloom (Yale University) and David Pizarro (Cornell University) chat about the psychology of disgust.
Big news: Mirror neurons-Mirror neurons discovered!
"Normality is not what we return to, it is what we go through." Vaughan Bell wrote a compassionate and fascinating article for the Observer about the varied ways people deal with bereavement.
The man whose brain ignores one half of his world.
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
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In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. "Every year, suicide peaks with the tulips and lilacs" - this article features poetic science writing at its best. David Dobbs describes a curious pattern in suicide rates...
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In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. Neurocomic takes readers on an adventure in the brain - In this wonderful video blog, the Guardian tells the story of the collaboration between Artist Matteo...
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In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. The great illusion of the self - mind-boggling goodness from New Scientist (free registration required to read the full articles). 2. Professor Uta Frith DBE, autism...
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In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week (or so): 1. Atlantic published a truly dazzling long-form feature about anaesthesia and consciousness, including instances when people wake during surgery, and the on-going attempts...
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In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. Times columnist Caitlin Moran has written a moving and poetic account of schizophrenia. 2. 21 words that could help improve the methods-reporting issues in psychology...
Neuroscience
Link feast
Is psychology a science? A heart-felt, wise response from Scott Lilienfeld.
Your brain on alcohol, animated.
A company that only employs people with autism is changing attitudes towards autistic workers.
Meet the data vigilante: Uri Simonsohn, the man who blew the whistle on two high-profile fraud cases in psychology recently, was interviewed in the Atlantic.
Are You a Psychopath? Take the Test.
The December issue of The Psychologist magazine is now available online and it includes a wonderful series of articles on the human senses, all open-access. (also check-out this free digital preview of the issue via Issuu).
Paul Bloom (Yale University) and David Pizarro (Cornell University) chat about the psychology of disgust.
Big news: Mirror neurons-Mirror neurons discovered!
"Normality is not what we return to, it is what we go through." Vaughan Bell wrote a compassionate and fascinating article for the Observer about the varied ways people deal with bereavement.
The man whose brain ignores one half of his world.
_________________________________
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- Link Feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. "Every year, suicide peaks with the tulips and lilacs" - this article features poetic science writing at its best. David Dobbs describes a curious pattern in suicide rates...
- Link Feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. Neurocomic takes readers on an adventure in the brain - In this wonderful video blog, the Guardian tells the story of the collaboration between Artist Matteo...
- Link Feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. The great illusion of the self - mind-boggling goodness from New Scientist (free registration required to read the full articles). 2. Professor Uta Frith DBE, autism...
- Link Feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week (or so): 1. Atlantic published a truly dazzling long-form feature about anaesthesia and consciousness, including instances when people wake during surgery, and the on-going attempts...
- Link Feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. Times columnist Caitlin Moran has written a moving and poetic account of schizophrenia. 2. 21 words that could help improve the methods-reporting issues in psychology...