Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
The New York Times reports that antipsychotics are more likely to be prescribed to children from poorer families in the US.
There’s an excellent piece on Tiger Woods, the media, and the selling of sex addiction over at Dr Petra.
Time magazine reports on the climbing suicide rate in the US military with only a third happening in war zones.
UN advisor claims banks knowingly welcomed billions of laundered drug money into the system at the height of the financial crises to prevent collapse, according to a piece in The Guardian.
Wired Science reports on a study finding that geek stereotypes like Star Trek put women off an interest in technology careers. If you think that’s bad, Counsellor Deanna Troi nearly put me off a career in psychology.
A fascinating study on actually feeling pain through watching others’ discomfort is expertly covered by Neurophilosophy.
The Boston Globe covers the UK government’s recent fingers-in-ears la la la not listening firing of their top drugs advisor.
There’s a wonderfully in-depth analysis of the motivations of internet trolls over at Culture and Cognition.
New Scientist has an interesting piece on the psychology of saying the wrong thing despite deliberately trying to avoid it.
A fascinating if slightly baffling study on the cognitive effects of cuteness is covered by The Neurocritic.
CNN Money ranks clinical psychologist as the 23rd best job in America, psychiatrist as 24th.
Drug company Glaxo are said to have paid $1 billion to settle law suits over their Paxil antidepressant, according to Bloomberg.
Furious Season’s Phil Dawdy, the internet’s only crowd-funded investigative mental health journalist is having a fund-raiser and it’s been a bit slow. There’s still a chance to support his work.
Alzheimer’s risk linked to level of appetite hormone, reports BBC News.
Not Exactly Rocket Science covers an ingenious study find that even non-verbal hints in TV dramas can perpetuate racial biases.
There’s an interesting piece about important subtleties in the reporting of brain surgery for mental illness over at Neuroskeptic.
The Economist has a fascinating piece on a new study finding that stressed mothers are more likely to spontaneously miscarry male foetuses than female ones.
Information deluge will overload the brain, say numerous press stories based on a report funded by AT&T, Cisco, IBM, Intel, LSI, Oracle, and Seagate.
PsyBlog has an excellent summary of the fundamental attribution error and a brilliant study on trainee priests.
A Japanese department store is to sell two humanoid robots modelled on the purchaser, reports Wired UK.
Science Daily reports on a new study finding that a type of psychological treatment called Interpersonal Psychotherapy is useful in preventing obesity in ‘at risk’ teenage girls.
People really are happier in those US states identified as having better ‘quality of life’? asks the BPS Research Digest.
The Splintered Mind light-heartedly considers whether academics should try product placement.
Why do people dance? asks The Guardian covering some curious and intriguing research on the psychology of ‘dance confidence‘.
The Society for Neuroscience posts the video of a discussion between scientist and professionals magicians on consciousness, cognitive science and the art of magic.
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