Deric Bownds
These articles, from Deric's MindBlog at http://mindblog.dericbownds.net report new ideas and work on mind, brain, and behavior - as well as random curious stuff.
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Deric Bownds' MindBlog
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/
This blog reports new ideas and work on mind, brain, and behavior - as well as random curious stuff.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2497 )
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Are We All Sexists and Racists?
I want to point to Miller's review of work of Levanon et al., as well as other studies, showing that that when women have moved into occupations in large... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Another Social Science, Economics, Looks at Itself.
Mindblog recently noted a large study that tested the replicability of studies in psychology journals. Only 36% of the findings were repeated. The quality of... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Overkill in Techno-aids for 'Mens Sana in Corpore Sano'
None of us would argue with the 'sound mind in a sound body' injunction from Juvenal's Latin satires (~100 AD), a goal that can be accomplished by diligent... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Pictures of Green Spaces Make You Happier.
Reynolds points to work by van den Berg et al. showing that viewing pictures of green versus built urban areas enhances parasympathetic nervous system activity... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Impatience, Aging, and Leukocyte Telomere Length.
Yim et al. note in young college volunteers a correlation between a chemical marker of biological aging (leukocyte telomere length, abbr. LTL) and impatience... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Our Brains Remember the Good Stuff.
Anderson et al. show how our brains are attracted to items that have pleased us in the past, even if they are no longer relevant. People in a study were asked t... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Brain Games and Driving Safely.
I've done a number of posts on brain games (cf. here, here, and here) and their critics. When I overcome my lassitude and occasionally return to dink with one o... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Brahms Waltzes Op. 39, Nos. 1,13,14
Recorded on my Steinway B, now in my Fort Lauderdale condo. I did this piece in recitals in Madison WI and Fort Lauderdale in the past 6 months, and now have... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
New Nerve Cells in the Brain Generated Best by Sustained Aerobic Exercise
Nokia et al. show, in rats, that aerobic exercise is much more effective than high-intensity interval training or resistance training in enhancing generation... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
If All the World's a Stage, Do We Have a True Self?
My reading of Irving Goffman's classic "The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life" in the early 1970's was the beginning of my going beyond my laboratory... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
"Well-being" as a Practiced Skill
I thought I would pass on from the mindful.org website yet another piece featuring my Wisconsin colleague Richie Davidson, noting his presentation on "Four... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Getting Rid of Old Cells Extends Lifespan of Mice and Ameliorates Age-related...
Baker et al. show that getting rid of cells that have entered an irreversible senescent state expands the lifespan of mice and ameliorates some age-related... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
A Brain Circuit for Loneliness.
Tye and colleagues find a neural circuit at the base of mouse brains that drives loneliness-like behaviors and drives the animals to seek company. From a... Read more
Posted on 29 February 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Moralistic Gods Enhance Sociality.
Purzycki et al. combine laboratory experiments, cross-cultural fieldwork, and analysis of the historical record to propose that belief in judgmental deities... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Creative Cognition and Brain Network Dynamics.
Beaty et al. do a review that notes trends in recent neuroimaging studies suggesting that creative cognitive involves increased cooperation of the default and... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
A Mindfulness Meditation Intervention Enhances Connectivity of Brain Executive...
Creswell et al. recruited 35 stressed-out adult job-seekers, getting half to participate in an intensive three-day mindfulness meditation retreat while the othe... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Forming Beliefs: Why Valence Matters.
Sharot and Garrett do a review article that puts their work on how we see through rose colored glasses, mentioned in a previous MindBlog post, in perspective... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
A Neural Crossroads of Psychiatric Illnesses as a Target for Therapeutic Brain...
I want pass on this open source article by Downar et al. which contains some useful graphics for illustrating their point about a central role for anterior... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
Finally...a Brain Area Specialized for Music Has Been Found.
Norman-Haignere, Kanwisher, and McDermott have devised a new method to computationally dissect scans from functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain to... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE -
A 50 Year Misunderstanding of How We Decide to Initiate Action - Our Intuition i...
A commonly accepted assumption (that underlies all of the essays at dericbownds.net and many mindblog posts) is that a line of experiments starting in the... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE