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Personality plagiarism rife on internet dating sites
via Mind Hacks by vaughan on February 19, 2008
When you present yourself to potential suitors in an online dating profile, you are, in the terminology of psychology, 'constructing the self'. Perhaps it's not surprising then, that the most attractive profiles are being ripped off and plagiarised by lazy daters wanting to freeload on the most creative members' personalities.The Wall Street Journal has an article which looks on...
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Test your corpus callosum
via Mind Hacks by vaughan on January 21, 2008
I've just discovered a wonderfully simple finger touch procedure that can test the function of your corpus callosum, a key brain structure that connects the two cortical hemispheres.It is called the 'cross lateralization
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The operation of the skulls: a trepanation video
via Mind Hacks by vaughan on February 14, 2008
Neurophilosophy has found a gory but completely astonishing film of a Kisi medicine man in Tanzania performing a trepanation operation. A young lady endures the seven hour procedure that puts a whole in her skull without any anaesthetic.Mo has been doing some fantastic work on the history of trepanation and his illustrated article on the topic is a must read if you want an overview of this...
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A bait and switch trick on torture and psychologists?
via Mind Hacks by vaughan on February 19, 2008
... Social Justice and others to craft a new resolution prohibiting psychologists from participating in abusive detainee interrogations. In August 2006, after much discussion and debate, the APA’S Council of Representatives passed a Resolution Against Torture, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment.However, the version published by the APA differed from the version discussed and passed by the ...
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The metaphysics of a Jazz Thing
via Mind Hacks by vaughan on February 27, 2008
... cortex, a broad portion of the front of the brain that extends to the sides, showed a slowdown in activity during improvisation. This area has been linked to planned actions and self-censoring, such as carefully deciding what words you might say at a job interview. Shutting down this area could lead to lowered inhibitions, Limb suggests.The researchers also saw increased activity in the medi...
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You don't say
via Mind Hacks by (author unknown) on February 27, 2008
According to a BBC Newsarticle brain scans have revealed "a possible biological basis for cocaine addiction".Next week: brain scans reveal 'possible' biological basis for thoughts, feelings, actions and neurological illness.
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Blue Brain Rising
via Mind Hacks by vaughan on March 03, 2008
... acts like its biological equivalent when its switched on and stimulated.It didn't take long before the model reacted. After only a few electrical jolts, the artificial neural circuit began to act just like a real neural circuit. Clusters of connected neurons began to fire in close synchrony: the cells were wiring themselves together. Different cell types obeyed their genetic instr...
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Are you experienced? Does it matter?
via Mind Hacks by vaughan on March 03, 2008
Time magazine has an article on the counter-intuitive psychology of expertise and experience. It turns out simple experience might not add anything to our competency, it's how we use our time in attempting to master a skill that counts.The article notes that research has typically failed to show that experience, on its own, predicts task performance. In other words, old hands often do no...
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dothetest.co.uk
via Mind Hacks by (author unknown) on March 11, 2008
Transport for London have combined two of my favourite things: safety for cyclists and classic Psychology experiments. The website dothetest.co.uk provides a test of awareness that Mind Hacks fans will instantly recognise as an updated (urbanised!) version of Hack #41: "Make Things Invisible Simply by Concentrating (on Something Else)". Fantastic!Link to the awareness test hereLink to a previous...
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