Deric Bownds

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2628 )

• When We Return to the gym...A Molecular Muscle Memory Helps Retraining of Muscle...

  For me the most deranging part of the current "Stay Home" order that I am obeying during the coronavirus crisis is being unable to do my customary workouts at... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The World After Coronavirus.

  I want to point to an article in the Financial Times by Yuval Harari that makes a clear description of choices the current pandemic is forcing on us. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Modeling Donald Trump - A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit

  From Grapsas et al.: We propose a self-regulation model of grandiose narcissism. This model illustrates an interconnected set of processes through which... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• A Psychological Profile of the Alt-Right

  From Forscher and Kteily: The 2016 U.S. presidential election coincided with the rise of the “alternative right,” or alt-right. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Surprise! Oil and Gas Companies Give More Money to Legislators That Vote...

  Goldberg et al. analyze campaign contribution data over 28 years to show that, rather than attempting to influence votes, interested parties contribute the... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• In Response to COVID-19 Crisis, Several Anti-anxiety Apps Have Become Free.

  The HealthyMinds App, which I have reviewed on MindBlog, has become free, and is cancelling existing user fees. Sanvello, an app with over 3 million users has... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Humans Were Not Designed for Sitting in Chairs.

  As I near my 78th birthday I've become increasingly aware of how debilitating activities like sitting and typing this blog post can be. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Krugman on Piketty's New Book on Inequality - "Capital and Ideology'

  Krugman's review is worth reading in it entirely, and I pass on a few clips that encapsulate his summary and option of Piketty's core points. Piketty: ... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• MindBlog Passes on a Note: on the Relief of Not Being Yourself.

  I am going to start occasionally doing MindBlog posts on ideas that I think might have the potential of developing into longer pieces of work, but that usually... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Cannabis Increases Susceptibility to False Memory.

  From Kloft et al.: Significance This unique randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial examined the susceptibility to false memories under the... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Sam Harris' "Waking Up" Wakes up Deric's MindBlog

  Over the past few months I have gone back to school by doing the entire sequence of lectures and exercises presented by two mindfulness meditation apps. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Using Your Brain's Functional Connectivity to Track Psychiatric Symptoms and...

  Sylvester et al. propose examining the functional connectivity of the amygdala as a substrate for precision psychiatry. Their work provides a detailed... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Why Do Teenagers Frequently Behave So Unpredictably and i...

  Why do teenagers frequently behave so unpredictably and impulsively? Perhaps because their brains are undergoing disruptive changes in connectivity between... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Speech Versus Music in the Brain

  Peter Stern summarizes work of Albouy et al. in the current issue of Science Magazine: To what extent does the perception of speech and music depend on differen... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Optimism and Longevity.

  I want to point to recent articles relevant to an issue most of us mull about: "Is my glass half empty or half full?" Jane Brody describes a number of studies... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• A Magic Mushroom Nose Spray for Psychedelic Microdosing?

  

  Rich Haridy does an interesting article in New Atlas. A few clips: Alongside the rapidly progressing psychedelic science movement, with researchers rigorously... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Role of Memory Suppression in Resilience After Trauma.

  Mary et al. report the neural differences that control the retrieval of traumatic memories in 102 individuals who were affected by the Paris terror attacks but... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Imposter Syndrome Threatens Diversity

  I have experienced the 'Imposter Syndrome' since childhood, which motivates me to pass on this open source letter to Science Magazine in its entirety (click... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Winner of Dance Your PhD 2019 Contest - Social Experiences in Larval Zebrafish...

  

  The videos of several of the contestants can be see at this link, where you will also find a description of the work and people behind the winner, a very... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• 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

  Posted on 17 February 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE