Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
OK Go’s new music video is like standing naked under a waterfall of optical illusions while wearing hipster spectacles.
The mighty Neurocritic looks at advances in physical brain tweaking and the possible rebirth of paradise engineering.
The Dana Foundation has an excellent piece on how to make sense of those ‘gene for’ behavioural genetics stories in the media.
Slow news day: The New York Times reports my killer robot opinions. Sadly the key quote (“To the bunkers if you want any chance of saving yourselves from the coming robotocalypse. RUN, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!”) was omitted.
PsyPost reports on a new study finding that the ‘trophy wife’ stereotype is largely a myth, because not even good looks can break the class barrier.
Watching porn won’t shrink your brain. Just makes you a bit sore. Brain Watch comments on a widely misreported recent study.
The Atlantic has a great piece on five neurology patients who changed the way we think about the brain.
There’s an excellent article about maternal mental health in The New York Times.
Simon says Psychosis! is an excellent new mini-documentary on the first experience of psychosis and early intervention services.
The ever-interesting neuroscientist Molly Crockett is featured in this Wellcome Trust focus on scientists’ working days.
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