Neuroscience
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week:
"Our minds are made up just as much by the people and tools around us as they are by the brain cells inside our skull" - Fascinating article by Tom Stafford on interactive intelligence.
New TED talk: "video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask".
Gary Marcus pours cold water on the notion that we're getting anywhere near building an artificial brain.
Pete Etchells with a moving account of why he hates neurons and how he was inspired to become a scientist.
The current series of BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind continued with an episode (now on iPlayer) that included a look at "mad doctors" in the nineteenth century, and the boredom threshold of drone operators.
"Researchers have turned human mental activity into music, and it sounds uncannily like free-form jazz piano."
Your brain in numbers - awesome poster.
"We're probably not getting dumber," says Neuroskeptic, contradicting the recent claims made by a geneticist and lapped up by the media.
A fascinating account of Hikikomori - the worrying phenomenon in Japan whereby youths (usually male) shut themselves away from society.
Alarm at unpaid posts in clinical psychology. On a related note, check out this new study covered by our sister blog The Occupational Digest - employers valued candidates' voluntary experience just as much as previous paid employment.
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
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Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: Brain Games Exploit Anxieties About Memory Loss For Profit – Scientists A group of over 70 psychologists and neuroscientists has written an open letter warning that the...
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In case you missed them, 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. The fascinating story of how fall out from Cold War atomic bomb tests has helped, decades later, to settle the debate over whether or not adult brains can grow new neurons....
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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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Tuck into our latest round-up of the best psych and neuro links: The British Psychological Society has launched its Origins Project - an interactive, multimedia timeline charting the history and development of psychological science. The blogger Neurobonkers...
Neuroscience
Link feast
"Our minds are made up just as much by the people and tools around us as they are by the brain cells inside our skull" - Fascinating article by Tom Stafford on interactive intelligence.
New TED talk: "video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask".
Gary Marcus pours cold water on the notion that we're getting anywhere near building an artificial brain.
Pete Etchells with a moving account of why he hates neurons and how he was inspired to become a scientist.
The current series of BBC Radio 4's All in the Mind continued with an episode (now on iPlayer) that included a look at "mad doctors" in the nineteenth century, and the boredom threshold of drone operators.
"Researchers have turned human mental activity into music, and it sounds uncannily like free-form jazz piano."
Your brain in numbers - awesome poster.
"We're probably not getting dumber," says Neuroskeptic, contradicting the recent claims made by a geneticist and lapped up by the media.
A fascinating account of Hikikomori - the worrying phenomenon in Japan whereby youths (usually male) shut themselves away from society.
Alarm at unpaid posts in clinical psychology. On a related note, check out this new study covered by our sister blog The Occupational Digest - employers valued candidates' voluntary experience just as much as previous paid employment.
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- Link Feast
Our editor's pick of this week's 10 best psychology and neuroscience links (if all you want today are Halloween-themed links, go here instead) How the Scariest Video Games Use Our Own Minds to Terrify Us (see also) A timely report from...
- Link Feast
Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so: Brain Games Exploit Anxieties About Memory Loss For Profit – Scientists A group of over 70 psychologists and neuroscientists has written an open letter warning that the...
- Link Feast
In case you missed them, 10 of the best psychology links from the past week: 1. The fascinating story of how fall out from Cold War atomic bomb tests has helped, decades later, to settle the debate over whether or not adult brains can grow new neurons....
- 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...
- Feast
Tuck into our latest round-up of the best psych and neuro links: The British Psychological Society has launched its Origins Project - an interactive, multimedia timeline charting the history and development of psychological science. The blogger Neurobonkers...