Deric Bownds

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• Arthur Brooks Launches a Happiness Column.

  It seems a bit strange to launch a column on happiness during a pandemic, but the social isolation that has been forced on us provides us with more time to... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Two Sources on the State of America

  Like many MindBlog readers, I am reading countless articles on the current pandemic and its medical, economic, and social consequences. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Psychedelic Psychiatry's Brave New World, and a New Rapid-acting Antidepressannt

  I want to point to this open source article in Cell magazine, that provides an up to date review of resurrection of research into possible clinical uses of... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Stress Can Be Enhancing.

  Beibowitz and Crum do an Op-Ed piece that is worth a read, noting: Over a decade of research — ours and that of others — suggests that it’s not the type or... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Self Help During the COVID-19 Crisis.

  

  MindBlog is getting bombarded by emails from websites and organizations wanting to advertise their advice on how to cope with our current crisis. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Perils of Nighttime Dining

  Kelly et al. show that lipids in late evening snacks are less likely to be oxidized and most likely to be stored as fats than lipids in morning meals. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Lockdown Turns out to NOT Be an Introvert's Paradise.

  Contra my March 28 post on our current lock down being springtime for introverts, here are some slips from a salient article by Abby Ohlheiser that resonates... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Rejuvenating Aging Human Cells.

  Nicholas Wade points to important work by Stanford researchers showing they can rejuvenate human cells by reprogramming them back to a youthful state. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Brain Regions That Predict Money Choices Also Predict Allocation of Time to...

  People currently spend over 1 billion hours every day in attention markets watching video content, and the world’s second-most popular search engine is the vide... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Prosocial Behavior Can Increase Happiness in the Short Term but Decrease It in...

  From Falk and Graeber: Significance Governments around the world increasingly acknowledge the role of happiness as a societal objective and implement policies... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Google Knows More About Me Than I Do. Further Comment on Harari Article.

  Again I have the eerie feeling that one of the phrases that sticks in my mind from reading Yuval Harari’s books, namely that “Goggle knows more about you than... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Vulnerable Robots Induce Prosocial Behavior in Groups of Humans.

  Interesting work from Traeger et al.: Significance Prior work has demonstrated that a robot’s social behavior has the ability to shape people’s trust toward,... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Springtime for Introverts...

  Thank goodness some sparks of humor are available to lighten the somber clouds of the COVID-19 pandemic. You should check out Atlantic staff writer Andrew... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2020 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• 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