Mind over Milkshakes
The latest Bottom Line Health newsletter had the skinny on this amazing study on how our bodies react to “low-calorie” packaging. That label leaves you less satisfied –… Read the rest “Mind over Milkshakes”
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Research opportunity: Magic mushrooms, cancer patients.
If you know anyone who’s battling cancer, Johns Hopkins would like to see if psilocybin will help:
… Read the rest “Research opportunity: Magic mushrooms, cancer patients.”We are seeking volunteers with a diagnosis of cancer to participate in a scientific
Fame more than kindness.
A sad fact from Science Daily – kids’ TV shows are teaching them that it’s better to be famous than it is to be kind:
… Read the rest “Fame more than kindness.”On a list of 16 values, fame jumped from the 15th spot,
One letter can decide an election.
Getting people to turn out to vote can be a real chore. But, PhysOrg reveals, it gets a little easier if you talk about “voters” instead of “votes”:
… Read the rest “One letter can decide an election.”To see if his
Sounds curvy.
The word “bouba” sounds curvier than the word “kiki” no matter what language you’re used to hearing, New Scientist explains. That odd phenomenon unravels… Read the rest “Sounds curvy.”
Moved by music
Wired, uh, gets physical (their phrase!) while looking at the way music affects our bodies:
… Read the rest “Moved by music”Biorhythm: Music and the Body is an exhibition of sonic experiments and installations from artists
Fear remembers.
Next time you’re stuck trying to get Boyle’s Law or some cute person’s email into your memory, think of something awful. That’s MSNBC’s solution, based… Read the rest “Fear remembers.”
One scary reason why the poor stay poor.
The New Republic looks at the science of choice… and the mental costs of not being able to afford much:
… Read the rest “One scary reason why the poor stay poor.”In the 1990s, social psychologists developed a theory of “depletable” self-control.
Rule #34 – and what it says about us.
Time asks probing questions of the the researchers who studied all the porn on the internet:
… Read the rest “Rule #34 – and what it says about us.”Why did you decide to analyze online porn searches?
I’m a computational neuroscientist.
SONG: Without the Sun
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ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on Stress can shorten telomeres in childhood, Nature… Read the rest “SONG: Without the Sun”
Eyes on the forest and the trees
Medical Xpress examines new ways we can train our minds to use “holistic processing” – that is, we can teach our eyes not to miss the details we normally don’t see… Read the rest “Eyes on the forest and the trees”
Robot buddies.
Science Mag produces proof – actual, empirical proof – that nice guys really can finish first and that even killer robots can learn to care for each other:
… Read the rest “Robot buddies.”Laurent Keller of
“Cute” don’t pay.
At least not when it comes to dates. Evolutionary Psychology finds that pretty people expect free rides:
… Read the rest ““Cute” don’t pay.”[St. Andrews psychologists] set up hypothetical blind dates and asked participants
War games.
DVice.com fulfills that long-held suspicion (in some circles) about videogames and military recruiting with a report on new games actually produced by the Pentagon:
… Read the rest “War games.”ACTUV Tactics is
First-person dream shooters.
Live Science reports on the nightmare-killing dreams of the hardcore gamer:
… Read the rest “First-person dream shooters.”By contrast, soldiers who did not play video games much suffered from more emotional distress and a frozen sense