Junk food, junk mood.
BBC reports on new data supporting a link between highly processed food and depression: [The University College London team] split the participants into two types […]
psychology
Raised to rule.
Your kids giving you lip?? Watch out, warns PhysOrg. Those are the ones who’re going to be in charge some day: Good parenting may better […]
We have ways of making you talk. OK, no, not really.
ScienceInsider dares to contradict thousands of Alias fans with “facts” and “experimental proof” from a neuroscientist who explains why torture doesn’t work: (Quoted from Trends […]
Human see. Chimps do.
We’ve been watching chimpanzee’s faces. Why not? They can be funny to look at, often, and they can help us understand how we communicate emotions […]
“The Laughing Gnome” isn’t enough, I guess.
Well, this seems a little misguided – or maybe absolutely brilliant – but a psychological researcher (and guitarist) has created the ideal David Bowie song. […]
Song: Close Your Eyes
SONG: “Close Your Eyes” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: “Scary music is spookier with eyes shut “, New Scientist, 28 […]
By definition, a crush must hurt…
The Telegraph provides insight into the genuine pain of a broken heart: Psychologists at the University of California, Los Angeles say the human body has […]
Fixing Prisons.
PhysOrg has some advice from the American Psychological Association on how to make prisons actually work – by punishing less and keeping convicts from coming […]
Listen with your eyes closed.
New Scientist tells us the less you see, the more impact spooky music has: Sure enough, volunteers rated the eerie-sounding music – laced with staccato […]
Good doggie. Smart baby.
Health Day News reports on a new neuroscience project from Brigham Young University demonstrating the emotional wisdoms of infants. They’ve shown that babies, like Dr. […]
Acid therapy.
Der Spiegel is sounding the call – psychedelics are coming back to the lab… and helping people heal: “I would welcome it if it were […]
Pay attention to your daydreaming.
There’s been a lot of attention paid to paying attention lately – and how we really need to not do that all the time. Wall […]
Music boosts brains.
Scientific American casts a cold eye on music makers, and clinically reveals that yes, music really matters: To record brain stem responses, the researchers placed […]
Love from the inside out.
Esquire sings with neurological romance, using brain scans to tell a husband’s stirring story of the brain in love: Against all odds, I’m still hot […]
The disgusted right.
Science Daily reveals a scientific correlation between being, like, grossed out, and being socially conservative – a link between the O’Reilly Factor and the ick […]