ScienceInsider dares to contradict thousands of Alias fans with “facts” and “experimental proof” from a neuroscientist who explains why torture doesn’t… Read the rest “We have ways of making you talk. OK, no, not really.”
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 and why we do what we see.
… Read the rest “Human see. Chimps do.”Irish
Well, this seems a little misguided – or maybe absolutely brilliant – but a psychological researcher (and guitarist) has created the ideal David Bowie song. Scientifically… Read the rest ““The Laughing Gnome” isn’t enough, I guess.”
SONG: “Close Your Eyes” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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SOURCE: “Scary music is spookier with eyes shut “, … Read the rest “Song: Close Your Eyes”
The Telegraph provides insight into the genuine pain of a broken heart:
… Read the rest “By definition, a crush must hurt…”Psychologists at the University of California, Los Angeles say the human body has a gene which connects physical
PhysOrg has some advice from the American Psychological Association on how to make prisons actually work – by punishing less and keeping convicts from coming back:
… Read the rest “Fixing Prisons.”“The current
New Scientist tells us the less you see, the more impact spooky music has:
… Read the rest “Listen with your eyes closed.”Sure enough, volunteers rated the eerie-sounding music – laced with staccato strings, ominous trombones, and
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. Dolittle,… Read the rest “Good doggie. Smart baby.”
Der Spiegel is sounding the call – psychedelics are coming back to the lab… and helping people heal:
… Read the rest “Acid therapy.”“I would welcome it if it were easier to use psychoactive substances
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 Street Journal, Discover magazine and PhysOrg all have… Read the rest “Pay attention to your daydreaming.”
Scientific American casts a cold eye on music makers, and clinically reveals that yes, music really matters:
… Read the rest “Music boosts brains.”To record brain stem responses, the researchers placed electrodes on the heads
Esquire sings with neurological romance, using brain scans to tell a husband’s stirring story of the brain in love:
… Read the rest “Love from the inside out.”Against all odds, I’m still hot for my wife. Chemically,
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 factor… Read the rest “The disgusted right.”
The AP is laughing it up over sensitive research into what makes apes laugh:
… Read the rest “Laughing apes.”To investigate that, Marina Davila Ross of the University of Portsmouth in England and colleagues carried out
SONG: “If I Believe It” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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SOURCE: “The science of voodoo: When mind attacks body “… Read the rest “SONG: “If I Believe It””
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