Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Google knows more about me than I do. Further comment on Harari article.

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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 m...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Vulnerable robots induce prosocial behavior in groups of humans.

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Interesting work from Traeger et al. :   Significance Prior work has demonstrated that a robot’s social behavior has the ability to s...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Springtime for introverts...

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Thank goodness some sparks of humor are available to lighten the somber clouds of the COVID-19 pandemic. You should check out Atlantic staf...
Friday, March 27, 2020

When we return to the gym...A molecular muscle memory helps retraining of muscles after inactivity.

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For me the most deranging part of the current "Stay Home" order that I am obeying during the coronavirus crisis is being unable to...
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Thursday, March 26, 2020

Harari on the world after coronavirus.

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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 forc...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Modeling Donald Trump - A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit

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From Grapsas et al.: We propose a self-regulation model of grandiose narcissism. This model illustrates an interconnected set of processes ...
Monday, March 23, 2020

A Psychological Profile of the Alt-Right

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From Forscher and Kteily : The 2016 U.S. presidential election coincided with the rise of the “alternative right,” or alt-right. Alt-right ...
Friday, March 20, 2020

Surprise! Oil and gas companies give more money to legislators that vote against the environment.

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Goldberg et al. analyze campaign contribution data over 28 years to show that, rather than attempting to influence votes, interested parti...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

In response to COVID-19 crisis, several anti-anxiety apps have become free.

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The HealthyMinds App , which I have reviewed on MindBlog , has become free, and is cancelling existing user fees. Sanvello, an app wi...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Humans were not designed for sitting in chairs.

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As I near my 78th birthday I've become increasingly aware of how debilitating activities like sitting and typing this blog post can be. ...
Monday, March 16, 2020

Krugman on Piketty's new book on inequality - "Capital and Ideology'

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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 co...
Friday, March 13, 2020

MindBlog passes on a note: on the relief of not being yourself.

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I am going to start occasionally doing MindBlog posts on ideas that I think might have the potential of developing into longer pieces of wor...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Cannabis increases susceptibility to false memory.

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From Kloft et al .:   Significance This unique randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial examined the susceptibility to fals...
Monday, March 09, 2020

Sam Harris' "Waking Up" wakes up Deric's MindBlog

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Over the past few months I have gone back to school by doing the entire sequence of lectures and exercises presented by two mindfulness medi...
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Friday, March 06, 2020

Using your brain's functional connectivity to track psychiatric symptoms and treatments.

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Sylvester et al. propose examining the functional connectivity of the amygdala as a substrate for precision psychiatry. Their work provides...
Wednesday, March 04, 2020

Why are teenagers so unpredictable and impulsive? - brain changes during adolescence

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Why do teenagers frequently behave so unpredictably and impulsively? Perhaps because their brains are undergoing disruptive changes in conne...
Monday, March 02, 2020

Speech versus music in the brain

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Peter Stern summarizes work of Albouy et al. in the current issue of Science Magazine: To what extent does the perception of speech and m...
Friday, February 28, 2020

Optimism and longevity.

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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...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

A magic mushroom nose spray for psychedelic microdosing?

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Rich Haridy does an interesting article in New Atlas . A few clips: Alongside the rapidly progressing psychedelic science movement, with...
Monday, February 24, 2020

The role of memory suppression in resilience after trauma.

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Mary et al. report the neural differences that control the retrieval of traumatic memories in 102 individuals who were affected by the Pari...