Category Archives: Linkage

2011-01-14 Spike activity

January 19, 2011 – 1:05 am

A somewhat belated collection of quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: All in the Mind host Natasha Mitchell has an insightful article on the perils of treating psychological distress after disasters in light of the devastation from the Australian floods. Bullshit Blue Monday came and went – and this year [...]

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2011-01-07 Spike activity

January 8, 2011 – 10:03 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Seed Magazine has a fascinating article on whether fonts affect learning that also tackles the psychology of comic sans. Antidepressants still don’t work in mild depression. The mighty Neuroskeptic covers a study confirming what the makers of Prozac forgot to remember. Slate has a [...]

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2010-12-24 Spike activity

December 24, 2010 – 9:18 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Brain scans as art. The Neurocritic covers a charming paper where a bunch of Serbian radiologists review the history of neuroradiology in famous artworks and then contribute some of their own creative efforts! Scientific American looks at the evolutionary pressures on religious belief in [...]

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2010-12-17 Spike activity

December 17, 2010 – 9:16 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The Guardian asks whether the internet encourages insidious and bullying behaviour? Well, does it, punk? We typically don’t remember our early years but it turns out this amnesia develops over time, as a brilliant piece on ‘The shifting boundary of childhood amnesia‘ at Psychology [...]

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2010-12-10 Spike activity

December 10, 2010 – 11:36 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The New York Times has an article on the sociology of the hipster. Sell outs. Voodoo correlations – two years later. The Neurocritic looks back at the famous paper on problems with fMRI analysis and what, if anything, has changed in neuroscience as a [...]

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2010-12-03 Spike activity

December 3, 2010 – 9:25 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The Wall Street Journal has a piece on how neuroscience is apparently being used to design kitchens. No, you haven’t just been slipped some acid – the article is real. The sleeper effect: how a persuasive message can kick in months after it’s delivered. [...]

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2010-11-26 Spike activity

November 26, 2010 – 8:13 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The New York Times has an excellent piece by wide-thinking neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky: This Is Your Brain on Metaphors. Want more metaphors? This week’s ‘In Our Time’ had a history. The web’s best optical illusion videos from io9. The Guardian has an excellent piece [...]

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2010-11-19 Spike activity

November 19, 2010 – 6:16 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The now expanded megalist of ‘Psychologists on Twitter’ is going strong over at The BPS Research Digest. New Scientist has a special section that collects coverage from the recent Society for Neuroscience annual megaconference. From orgasms to virtual reality. The debate over the earliest [...]

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2010-11-12 Spike activity

November 12, 2010 – 3:28 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Nature has put all of their schizophrenia special issue articles, features and podcast in one handy accessible page. There’s an extensive list of psychologists on Twitter over at The BPS Research Digest. Where else do you get to ask psychologists to free associate? Slate [...]

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2010-11-05 Spike activity

November 5, 2010 – 3:46 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The science of makeup. An excellent piece on the psychology of how cosmetics enhance allure over at Observations of a Nerd. The New York Magazine has an excellent piece on how the psychology of narcissism affects politics. Widens from its initial focus on current [...]

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2010-10-29 Spike activity

October 30, 2010 – 9:45 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Two words: Zombie Neuroscience. Oscillatory Thoughts on the strange tale of how the author became one of the world’s most sought after neuroscientists for the undead. Scientific American on how graphic warnings on cigarette packets put off occasional smokers but heavy smokers react by [...]

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2010-10-22 Spike activity

October 22, 2010 – 3:46 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Scientific American Mind’s Bering in Mind has two unmissable pieces on the psychology of suicide – the first taking a critical look at the idea that suicide might be adaptive in some cases, the second looking at the individual psychology of the suicidal person. [...]

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2010-10-15 Spike activity

October 15, 2010 – 11:38 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Anti-depressant reboxetine has been found to be ineffective and potentially harmful. How come nobody knew, you ask. Well, because Pfizer hid 74% of the trial data. Link to scientific study here and Neuroskeptic’s take here. The Telegraph has an excellent article on free will [...]

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2010-10-08 Spike activity

October 9, 2010 – 1:14 am

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: New York Magazine has an excellent article on the psychology of why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit. The ever-incisive Neuroskeptic covers a fascinating study on retaliation and cycles of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Technology Review covers the launch of a massive [...]

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2010-10-01 Spike activity

October 1, 2010 – 3:31 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The science of choking under pressure is discussed in a brilliant piece on Neuron Culture. New Scientist has a debate on whether psychoanalysis should have a place in London’s Science Museum. Although getting science in London’s Freud museum would be the real challenge. The [...]

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2010-09-24 Spike activity

September 24, 2010 – 5:09 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The Guardian has a great piece on the attempts to create a brain-wave-based criminal-catching lie detector and why the technology hasn’t yet matched the hype. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the excellent NeuroShrink blog recently. The latest post explores the link between Viagra and a [...]

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