Psychology Magazine

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• MindBlog is Starting Its 15th Year...

  I’ve just realized that MindBlog, whose first post was on February 8, 2006, has just entered its 15th year. That first post, “Dangerous Ideas” looks like it... Read more

  The 17 february 2020 by   Deric Bownds
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• Fatherhood and Teens on the Spectrum Who Rebel

  

  It’s not uncommon for fathers to feel like they don’t get any respect from their teens. This is the case in many families regardless of whether the kids are on... Read more

  The 16 february 2020 by   Gbollard
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• Mindfulness as an Antidote to the Intrusions of Artificial Intelligence?

  I want to point to a very interesting New Yorker Magazine article by Ian Parker describing the life and ideas of Yuval Harari, whose work has been the subject o... Read more

  The 14 february 2020 by   Deric Bownds
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• What Makes Us Human: Valentine’s Day Edition

  

  contributed by Rhonda RinehartHumans are perhaps the only species that finds a need to not only define what love is, but to categorize it, measure it – and... Read more

  The 13 february 2020 by   Chp
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• The Truth About Applied Behavioral Analysis

  

  a guest blog post by Molly Reilly, BCBA The term ABA, which means Applied Behavior Analysis, has become one of the most misunderstood if not controversial terms... Read more

  The 10 february 2020 by   Autismsciencefoundation
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• Amazing Technology - a Total Body PET Scanner with 100ms Resolution.

  

  From Zhang et al. at UC Davis (check out the video, showing injection of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose into a vein in the right leg): A 194-cm-long total-body... Read more

  The 10 february 2020 by   Deric Bownds
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• Economic Inequality Increases Desire for a Strong Leader.

  From Sprong et al., studies very relevant to the current political climate in the U.S., and worldwide: Societal inequality has been found to harm the mental... Read more

  The 07 february 2020 by   Deric Bownds
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• Resilient Misinformation in a Crisis

  From Carey et al.: Disease epidemics and outbreaks often generate conspiracy theories and misperceptions that mislead people about the risks they face and how... Read more

  The 05 february 2020 by   Deric Bownds
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• How Much Are We Misled by Inauthentic Internet Content? Perhaps Not Much...

  Bail et al. analyze data describing attitudes and online behaviors of Republican and Democratic Twitter users from late 2017 and find no evidence that... Read more

  The 03 february 2020 by   Deric Bownds
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• Universality and Diversity in Human Song

  In the same vein as the previous post on cultural variation and universal structures in music, another massive research collective reports on their study of... Read more

  The 31 january 2020 by   Deric Bownds
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