Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
Clear thinking science writer Carl Zimmer discusses the evolution of the mind in a video lecture.
Pure Pedantry looks at a new study on serotonin and rejection in the Ultimatum Game.
The increasingly excellent Frontier Psychiatrist has a good post on neurosyphilis.
The New York Times has a brief piece on the neuroscience of schizophrenia with funky animation and auditory commentary.
Developmental language disorder is the subject of a Health Report special.
The Chicago Reader interviews the author of ‘Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness’ (thanks Melissa!).
Neurophilosophy examines new research on the neuropsychology of confabulations.
Senior moments and the ageing brain are discussed on NPR Radio.
Not Exactly Rocket Science covers some fascinating research on the facial expression of fear and the experimental creation of ‘anti-faces’.
Illusion Sciences is a great blog about the science of visual illusions.
Popular herbal supplement Ginkgo ‘does not treat dementia’, according to BBC News.
Research on porn and mirror neurons involves a sloppy reverse inference. Sadly, not as sexy as it sounds.
Furious Seasons on the fact that GlaxoSmithKline are being investigated for allegedly falsifying data on paroxetine and suicide.
People who are sexually attracted to walls, computers and a range of other inanimate objects are featured in an article in Bizarre magazine.
New Scientist suggest that self-obsessed, manipulative and deceitful men have the most sex… oh hang on, it should be ‘report having the most sex’. I knew there was a flaw in there somewhere.
Some excellent local news reporting on the brain imaging research of Nottingham neuroscientist Richard Ramsey.
Film content, editing, and directing style affect brain activity. As does popcorn I presume.
The Telegraph looks at the science of why we scream.
Political philosophers seem to vote less often than other philosophers, according to Eric Schwitzgebel’s fantastic ongoing project to examine the utility of philosophy.
Discover Magazine has a great short video on research showing that ADHD may be delayed brain maturation that eventually catches up.
The endowment effect and the psychological influence of property is discusses by The Economist.
The Atlantic publishes two pages of absolute drivel about brain scans and FKF Research (who else?). Slate takes them to task for publishing such nonsense.
Rabble rousing psychologist Richard Lynn cites IQ – atheism correlation as causal in the Times Higher Ed.
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