Monthly Archives: May 2012

Testing the foundations of teen tech panics

May 6, 2012 – 3:21 pm

ABC Radio National’s technology and society programme Future Tense has a good discussion of how much evidence supports popular fears about young people and technology. It’s got some great comments from the always insightful Danah Boyd about how restrictions on the physical freedom of young people through fears about safety have led to increasing socialisation […]

By vaughanbell | Posted in Togetherness | Comments (1)

In solitary

May 6, 2012 – 9:03 am

The new edition of the APA Monitor magazine has an article that discusses the psychological impact of solitary confinement in light of its growing use in American prisons. One of the most interesting points is that evidence for the effect on solitary confinement on prisoners is actually quite limited due to difficulties studying incarcerated people. […]

By vaughanbell | Posted in Togetherness | Comments (2)

The rise and fall of Dark Warrior epilepsy

May 3, 2012 – 8:21 pm

Of all the names for a neurological disorder in the history of medicine, the most awesome has got to be ‘Dark Warrior epilepsy’. The condition was reported in a 1982 edition of the British Medical Journal and was so named because the patient had seizures – but only while playing the Dark Warrior video game. […]

By vaughanbell | Posted in Inside the Brain, Togetherness | Comments (3)

Neurological knitwear

May 2, 2012 – 9:49 pm

One of the disappointing things about the upcoming US presidential elections is that none of the potential candidates has promised the people a made-to-order knitted brain hat. Fear not though, as citizens can now order their own. Etsy user Anabananna hand knits the woolly neuroogical headgear to your specification and ships them to you. You […]

By vaughanbell | Posted in Nonsense | Comments (1)

BBC Future column: Does the internet rewire your brain?

May 2, 2012 – 11:35 am

My column for BBC Future from a few days ago. The original is here. Mindhacks.com readers will have heard most of this before, thanks to Vaughan’s coverage of the Baroness and her fellow travellers. Being online does change your brain, but so does making a cup of tea. A better question to ask is what […]

By tomstafford | Posted in Inside the Brain, Linkage | Comments (11)

The return of All in the Minds

May 1, 2012 – 8:40 pm

The two best psychology and neuroscience radio shows, both confusing called All in the Mind, have just started new series in the last couple of weeks. BBC Radio 4′s programme, which takes more of a magazine format featuring several topics each week, has just kicked off with a programme about stress, humour and discussing personal […]

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