ABC Radio National’s The Philosopher’s Zone broadcasts part two of its series on the philosophy of suicide.
PsyBlog has been rocking the cognitive biases recently. This is a fascinating article on ‘Four Belief Biases That Can Reduce Pleasure‘.
Columbia University has an archive of video lectures by some of the ‘big names’ in psychology and neuroscience.
The BPS Research Digest covers a new study that finds that harsh discipline actually makes aggressive children worse.
Calm Zone. A fantastic UK initiative to encourage young inner city males to get help for mental health difficulties.
“Why we posted epilepsy film to YouTube”. The Guardian continues the debate over whether video of people having seizures is education or exploitation.
Time magazine wonder about the possibilities of prescribing our own antidepressants.
Pete Doherty says ‘a mind is a terrible thing to waste’. No it’s not the Pete Doherty you’re thinking of.
The All in the Mind blog finds some interesting commentary on movement, the mind, cognition and the car.
Psychologist David Rabiner asks does mindfulness meditation help adults and teens with ADHD? in an article for Sharp Brains.
The Situationist discusses whether we’re living in an age of increasing child anxiety?
Gratingly banal headline obscures an interesting article from The New York Times on the neurobiology of cigarette addiction.
Not Quite Rocket Science covers recent research on how perceived social hierarchy affects cognitive abilities. The Economist on the same.
A fantastic 2002 article from Wired on the curious and death of psychiatrist Elisabeth Targ, who completed the (in)famous prayer healing (not quite so) randomised controlled trials.
Brain Windows is a fantastic looking neuroscience blog that seems to have been dormant for a couple of months. Plenty of good articles there though.
Forgetting Is the New Normal according to an excellent brief article on memory and ageing from Time magazine.
Furious Seasons looks at some new broadsides in the debate over the effectiveness of antidepressants.
Can you teach happiness? ABC Radio National’s education programme EdPod examines whether it’s possible to teach positive psychology to school children.
Inspirational Kid’s Company founder and child therapist Camila Batmanghelidjh is interviewed in The Independent.
Time magazine looks at the psychology of Second Life.
The ‘seven challenges of psychotherapy‘ are discussed by PsychCentral.
Mind Hacks 