http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/03/hello-my-name-is-trouble/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:47:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/03/hello-my-name-is-trouble/#comment-22104 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:21:15 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/hello-my-name-is-trouble/#comment-22104 I’m still gonna stick with the freakonomics theory, which this kinda supports, but not really

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/03/hello-my-name-is-trouble/#comment-17286 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:14:34 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/hello-my-name-is-trouble/#comment-17286 So, the secret has been to give your kid a normal name (Joesph, Benjamin, Thomas), and then let the kid choose what he wants to be called, while calling him some stupid pet-name at home. For extra power, make the middle name a J name. The difference between a Benjamin, a Ben, and a B.J. is huge, and often the kid fits the name.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/03/hello-my-name-is-trouble/#comment-6041 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:36:18 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/hello-my-name-is-trouble/#comment-6041 Freakonomics touched on this as well: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/do-uncommon-names-turn-kids-into-criminals/ (So did the book, iirc)

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2009/02/03/hello-my-name-is-trouble/#comment-6040 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:32:45 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/hello-my-name-is-trouble/#comment-6040 interesting article. based on the above we can assume that ‘a rose by any other name…’ would be a Lilly and would get into trouble in class and will grow up to be a home wrecker!! haha, just found this site today and read about your book, ive been searching hi and low for a site that combines both neuroscience and psychology – im only on the 1st article but it looks great! thanks!

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