Deric Bownds

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2628 )

• Effect of Early Institutionalization on Brain Development.

  Sheridan et al. do further studies on the effects of Rumanian institutionalization of children, finding some reversibility its deleterious effects. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Mis-use of Science: PseudoNeuroscience Sways Judges' Sentencing.

  One sees frequent discussions in neuroscience journals (like this one in Trends in Cognitive Sciences) over whether, and to what extent, neuroscience should... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Reconstructing Intolerance.

  Luguri et al. in the Yale psychology department relate the tolerance of conservatives to whether their construal level is more abstract versus concrete. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• A Musical Offering - Debussy L'Isle Joyeuse

  I have finally done a recording of the Debussy L'Isle Joyeuse that I did at a house concert several months ago, deciding to post this run through on my... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Nocebo Effect - the Harm Expectations Can Do.

  A piece by Enck and Häuser in the NYTimes summarizes (and links to) their paper in Deutsche Ärzteblatt Internationa reviewing 31 studies on how fearful... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Simple Mechanisms Can Generate Wealth Inequality.

  

  The Chaos Seminar lunch group at the University of Wisconsin, organized by physicist Clint Sprott and poet Robin Chapman, has been doing a discussion of power... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Anxious Idiot

  Following in the vein of last Friday's self-helpy post I thought I would note Daniel Smith's quirky Op-Ed piece in the NYTimes about his chronic anxiety, his... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• A Friday Homily - "Symptoms of Inner Peace"

  During a random walk of the web, which I do rather infrequently, I came across this piece by Saskia Davis, which, at the risk of being maudlin, I pass on. It... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE