Category Archives: Linkage

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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2010-09-17 Spike activity

September 18, 2010 – 5:18 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: There’s a fantastic discussion and video interview on America’s first prison for drug addicts, “the world’s most famous – and infamous – center for the treatment and study of drug addiction”, over at Neuroanthropology. The Guardian has a piece by psychologist Susan Blackmore on […]

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2010-09-10 Spike activity

September 10, 2010 – 10:21 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: Neuroscience hip-hop. The Beautiful Brain discovers a new track from Prince Ea where he waxes lyrical about the cortex. The neurobiological microphonist discusses the track here. The New York Times says to forget what you know about good study habits and discusses where the […]

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2010-09-03 Spike activity

September 4, 2010 – 10:31 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: More on our psychedelic drugs and psychiatry series: Nature’s The Great Beyond blog has an introduction to the series and The Guardian has a great overview from our very own Mo Costandi. Time magazine asks why do heavy drinkers outlive non-drinkers? Your mileage may […]

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2010-08-27 Spike activity

August 27, 2010 – 2:20 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: The New York Times covers the latest in the saga of whether there is a virus associated with chronic fatigue syndrome. A lovely example of metaphorical priming over at the BPS Research Digest: feeling clean makes us harsher moral judges. National Geographic discusses the […]

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