Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
Researchers derive nonlinear difference equations to predict marriage outcomes, supposedly with 90% accuracy (interview with video).
People who are happy are more likely to be healthy, as research suggests happiness seems to have a direct biological effects on the body.
Politicians’ personalities can be described with only two factors. Presumably, this drops to one at election time.
Women may avoid careers in the sciences because they perceive them as solitary pursuits rather than socially-driven careers.
Difficulties in lining up golf shots while under pressure, may show similarities to some task-specific dystonias and other movement problems.
Mentat Wiki aims to collate techniques for better thinking and problem solving.
Our knowledge of how gravity works may be an innate part of our brain, suggests brain scanning study.
A class outline describes 10 unsolved questions in neuroscience. With suggestions for further reading.
TV soaps are influencing how people present with illnesses when they visit the doctor.
Psychologists Alison Gopnik, David Geary and Helena Cronin respond to Simon Baron-Cohen’s article on sex, autism and engineering that was previously mentioned on Mind Hacks.
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