http://mindhacks.com/2008/10/17/2008-10-17-spike-activity/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2008/10/17/2008-10-17-spike-activity/#comment-6313 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:53:41 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/2008-10-17-spike-activity/#comment-6313 Yes, we commented on the bogus nature of the Google = Good for your brain pseudo-science here last week:
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2008/10/14/your-brain-on-google-study-tells-us-nothing-new/
Release a study that includes “Google” in it and it’s bound to get media/press attention. Guaranteed.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2008/10/17/2008-10-17-spike-activity/#comment-6312 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:04:02 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/2008-10-17-spike-activity/#comment-6312 Your site is tremendous — a terrific, consistent source of knowledge. Thank you.
Relevant to the Robert Burton link you provided in SciAm, I recently spent some time chatting with him as well; may be of interest:
http://neuronarrative.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/certainty-takes-the-stand-a-discussion-with-robert-burton/

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