Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Sentiments on cynicism and hope.

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I want to pass on these clips from a commencement talk given by Maria Popova : …in every environment densely populated by peers — self-comp...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

Exercise and intermittent fasting improve brain plasticity and health

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I have had numerous requests for a PDF of the article referenced in a Dec. 29, 2014 post - on how exercise and fasting stimulate brain plast...
Friday, May 27, 2016

Are electric vehicles really better for the planet?

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Some time ago I read a careful analysis of the energy required to manufacture a Toyota Prius, which reported that more energy was expended o...
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Culture shapes the evolution of cognition.

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From Thompson et al. : A central debate in cognitive science concerns the nativist hypothesis, the proposal that universal features of be...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

A model for aggression and violence around the world.

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I want to pass on the abstract of a forthcoming article in Brain and Behavioral Science for which reviewer's comments are being solicite...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

The Dalai Lama’s Atlas of emotions

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You might have a look at this curious website pointed to by Kevin Randall, an atlas of emotions developed by Paul Ekman and collaborators ...
Monday, May 23, 2016

When philosophy lost its way.

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Frodeman and Briggle offer a lament over the irreversible passing of the practice of philosophy as a moral endeavor, one that might offer a...
Friday, May 20, 2016

This is how fascism comes to America

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I pass on a few clips from a must-read article in the Washington Post by Robert Kagan, on Donald Trump: Republican politicians marvel at ...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Brain modules that process human consensus decision-making

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Suzuki et al. offer a study noting brain areas important in consensus decision-making, with different decision variables being associated w...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Aerobic fitness: one minute of all out effort = 45 min. of moderate effort

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Reynolds has written a series of articles describing experiments showing the benefits of high-intensity interval training. She now points ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

America in decline?

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I pass on a few clips from Easterbrook's article , on the prevailing negative depiction (especially by Republican candidates) of America...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Downsides of diversity.

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I want to thank the anonymous commentator on the “ Diversity makes you brighter ” post, who sent links to interesting articles by Jonas an...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Two ways to be satisfied.

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Anna North points to an article by Helzer and Jayawickreme that examines two different control strategies for obtaining short and long ter...
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Thursday, May 12, 2016

John Oliver on "Scientific Studies show...."

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I have to pass on this great bit from John Oliver, on the vacuity of most scientific reporting.

Diversity makes you brighter.

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Providing some data relevant to debates over affirmative action, Levine et al. show that ethnic diversity can increase intelligent behavior...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

What art unveils

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I pass on some initial and final clips from an essay by Alva Noë that is worth reading in its entirely. Is there a way of thinking about a...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Our brain activity at rest predicts our performance on tasks.

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The Science Mazaine precis of Travor et al. : We all differ in how we perceive, think, and act. What drives individual differences in evoked...
Monday, May 09, 2016

The key to political persuasion

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I pass on clips from this interesting piece , that has been languishing in my queue of potential posts for some time, in which Willer and Fe...
Friday, May 06, 2016

Our perception of our body shape is very malleable - making your finger feel shorter.

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Here is a neat trick. It works! (I tried it). Ekroll et al. show that illusory visual completion of an object's invisible backside can ...
Thursday, May 05, 2016

What happens if we all live to 100?

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I want to mention an interesting article by Easterbrook that has been languishing in my queue of potential posts for more than a year. It n...