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Comment on changing diet might allow you to see infrared by woundedduck

woundedduck — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:24:19 +0000

you guessed it. trolling. it’s great fun.

Comment on Advertising through avatar-manipulation by Self-Perception Theory and Marketing through Avatars « The Psychology of Video Games

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:39:50 +0000

[...] recently found out, via this article on Mindhacks.com, about an interesting paper by researcher Jeremy Bailenson in The Psychologist.1 In it, he reviews [...]

Comment on Dressing psychologists as wizards in court by Scott Freng

Scott Freng — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:02:34 +0000

Kathy,

Clearly, you have never worked with or have any experience with cognitive or social psychologists. Never a good idea to generalize to a whole field from experiences with a few “therapists”.

Comment on Visions of a psychedelic future by A Nature Blog Focus on hallucinogenic drugs in medicine and mental health, inspired by a recent Nature Reviews Neuroscience paper ‘The neurobiology of psychedelic drugs: implications for the treatment of mood disorders’ by Franz Vollenweider and Micha

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:56:16 +0000

[...] Visions of a psychedelic future [...]

Comment on Test Your Synaesthesia by Emma

Emma — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:45:15 +0000

Thanks, that really helped. I’ve got synaesthesia and I was just looking on the internet to see if there were any tests as to how to make sure that it was actually synaesthesia. Here are some things that I think about:
1 = brown a
2 = yellow b
3 = hot pink c
4 = light blue d
5 = purple e
6 = brown/red f
7 = orange g
8 = brown
9 = white
0 = white

Comment on Dressing psychologists as wizards in court by HeHe

HeHe — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:09:07 +0000

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Comment on Ganzfeld hallucinations by Jim Petersen

Jim Petersen — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:51:17 +0000

It’s kind of cute how all of these apparent straights are marveling at the sorts of experiences that heads have every day. I particularly like how ‘theninjapenguin’ says “(ie, anything you could find in any sort of drug, you name it. Stimulants, depressants, prescription, sedatives, sexual, religious, hallucinogenic. again, you name it). I’ve tried many different simulated “drugs” with this same neurological base of white noise. Personally, I’m quite impressed. I haven’t tried any hallucinogenics, but the sedatives are QUITE impressive,….” No offense, ninjapenguin, but how exactly do you know that it produces the same experience as hallucinogenic drugs, if you’ve never taken any hallucinogenic drugs? I’m not trying to be a jerk, but that was a rather dubious claim. Speaking for myself, the whole point of hallucinogenic drugs is that there is at least an order of magnitude of difference between the ‘simulated’ experience and the real thing. That you thought the simulated experience was valuable, I appreciate, but don’t make the mistake of thinking that’s all that is available to our consciousness. If you truly appreciate the simulation, give the real thing a go.

Comment on goCognitive 2.0 by Simoleon Sense » Blog Archive » Weekly Roundup 163: A Curated Linkfest For The Smartest People On The Web!

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:53:53 +0000

[...] The GoCognitive Collection – via mindhacks.com – We’ve reported before on the Univeristy of Idaho’s goCognitive project. It’s a enticing collection of videos and demonstrations, including many guest spots by the glitterati of cognitive neuroscience. The site has more free video content in cognitive neuroscience than before – and it is more easily accessible as well. [...]

Comment on Dressing psychologists as wizards in court by kathy lowen

kathy lowen — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:43:02 +0000

The whole notion of psychology as a “science” (more than an “art”) is ridiculous. And anyone with any experience in the field, knows how well “psycho-babble” can be used and abused to mask the therapists own feelings. Although neurobiology seems to be slowly shaping up to take its place, as a much more objective and repeatable diagnostic tool.

Comment on Dressing psychologists as wizards in court by peterwheelbarrow

peterwheelbarrow — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:13:17 +0000

When I first encountered Richard Bandler, with his wife Leslie and his partner John Grinder at a one week pow-wow in California, he looked and behaved like a prince – lotsa magic.
Years later at a presentation in Toronto – like Dorian Grey’s painting – the prince was no more, in his place a depressing apparition.
What happened to the magic???