The Economist has an interesting piece on military psychology – specifically, the research going into predicting when an opponent who is outgunned and outmanned will just keep … Read the rest “The science of the will to fight.”
Scientific American analyzes the rise in LSD use and finds that it’s probably an attempt to lighten up – or at least get a new perspective – on a reality that’s gotten… Read the rest “LSD use is rising among older folks – and it’s probably because people are looking for a way out. Even if it’s way out.”
Scientific American shares (in an interview with facial expression and emotion researcher Ursula Hess, deputy dean at Humboldt University) some of the physiology behind a phenomenon… Read the rest “Smiling behind the mask”
PsyPost shares research from Evolutionary Psychological Science that finds that dudes, like, check out each other’s pecs all the time (comparatively):
… Read the rest “Eye-tracking study: Men check out other men’s chests more than women do.”“If having a larger upper
University of British Columbia literacy researchers find that kids who read to a dog are more likely to stay on task and finish even challenging passages:
… Read the rest “Dogs help kids read, just by being there and listening.”Camille Rousseau, a doctoral student
Or so PopSci would have you believe. That’s their take on behaviorist Kristyn Vitale’s Oregon State University study of the bonding styles of cats:
… Read the rest “Your cat really does love you.”Both babies and dogs display
A secret body around our visible body, from the 1600s. A subtle anatomy. Planetary correspondences. This is where we get the idea of organ systems from, really. Trying … Read the rest “Science Art: From Theosophia Practica, by Johann Georg Gichtel, 1696”
Science News has a discovery that should at least change the way research methods and court examinations are carried out. Very young kids have an inherent bias toward selecting the last … Read the rest “Toddlers tend to choose the last item in a set… (file under “parenting” or maybe “preschool politics”)”
Medical Xpress (via PhysOrg) reports on a long-term Boston Children’s Hospital study of institutionalized children from Romanian orphanages – the Bucharest Early Intervention… Read the rest “Deprived kids feel the effects two decades later.”
The American Council on Science and Health thinks disagreements over facts – even ones based on scientific evidence – may well naturally lead to the kind of divisive polarization… Read the rest “Is polarization inevitable? Can we *not* agree to disagree?”
SONG: “Picture on Your Phone”.
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Science Direct, Vol. 27, Dec. 2018, “’Selfie’ harm: Effects on mood and body image in young women”… Read the rest “SONG: Picture on Your Phone”
Ars Technica keeps it simple, smart, with a new study that shows why statistics can be the third kind of lie* – sometimes the hard way to think about a problem really is the wrong way, … Read the rest “Statistics are complicated, right? Well, thinking that is why we tend to get misled.”
Science Daily reports (factually) on a UC Berkeley study that reveals how the feedback we get makes us so certain about our wrong beliefs:
… Read the rest “We stick to false beliefs because reactions matter more than evidence.”“If you think you know a lot about something,
Science Direct has a social media study from psychologists at Toronto’s York University and Adelaide’s Flinders University, who’ve found that women feel worse about… Read the rest “Posting selfies damages your self-image.”
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