Posts for the ‘Psychological Science’ Category
Jamie Davies Psychology Blog
It is my belief that at the centre of our misunderstanding of success and creativity lays our ego. In the deep dark depths of our psyche we allow mutual myth perpetuation and self-importance to cloud the truth about “talent”. That is, that all those artists, designers and thinkers would have to admit [...]
Jamie Davies Psychology Blog
Just added a summary of this study on holah.co.uk
It’s not the best summary ever written as it is difficult to do justice to such an influential 40 page experimental case study. I would like to delete a few bits to make it shorter and easier to read but would also [...]
Jamie Davies Psychology Blog
Mind Changers is a recent series exploring the development of the science of psychology during the 20th century. More information available from the BBC Radio 4 website.
Four excellent episodes for you to listen to. Enjoy.
The Pseudo-Patient Study
Claudia Hammond revisits David Rosenhan’s Pseudo-Patient Study
The Hawthorne Effect
The 1920s experiment in a Chicago factory that [...]
Brain Blogger
Most couples promise to love each other in sickness and in health when reciting marriage vows. Now, simply saying those words may lead to better health. Numerous studies have extolled the benefits of marriage on overall morbidity and mortality, but a recent study reports that mental health may, in fact, be preserved, in married [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
Lombroso believed that 40% of criminals were ‘born criminals’ who could be distinguished by physical features including relatively long arms, prehensile feet with mobile big toes, low and narrow forehead, large ears, thick skull, large jaw, etc. The main objection to his hypotheses were his campaign on the basis of his theory [...]
Brain Blogger
The old adage, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” may be more defensive than accurate. Indeed, most languages rely on words that represent pain — hurt feelings, heartache, broken hearts — to communicate feelings of social distress. Recent findings in neuroscience suggest that sayings such as these [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
Jargon allows people in a certain field to speak succinctly, clearly and accurately to each other. Problems emerge when those who use jargon very often, have to explain what they’re doing to someone who is not part of their field. The medical profession is renowned for its jargon. Jargon has the [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
Neuroanthropology is back from vacation and treats us with another weekly round up.
Check out: How Long Is a Severed Head Conscious For? One of those morbid questions we often ask – well, here’s the answer based on the use of the guillotine, little creepy but nicely done
At least 8 links to [...]
Brain Blogger
Medical mysteries pop up every now and then that are either misdiagnosed or dismissed as either a psychosomatic or a psychological disorder. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is one of these mysteries and identification of a cause, or even whether the disease actually exists, continues to elude scientists. My previous post focused upon my own [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
Laikas is a Clinical Librarian working in a University Hospital In The Netherlands. Besides writing an excellent blog: Laika’s MedLibLog she is also to be found on Twitter (@laikas). She has made a spreadsheet of medical journals on twitter, It is open to anybody to edit. You will need a gmail [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
How does nature do it? Just one example from the video.
How does nature repel bacteria? The solution: Shark Skin. A company is now testing structures based on shark skin for surfaces in hospitals to prevent bacteria from “landing”.
Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature [...]
Brain Blogger
Have you ever experienced waking up in the night, sweating and gasping for breath because some strange dream is mystifying you? Most people have experienced dreams of being chased by some alien in the night or missing a train to some unknown destination or falling freely from the height. What causes such dreams in [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
A big city usually is not a quiet empty place to enjoy nature. They can be overcrowded, busy, smelling places with people rushing from one spot to another. Nevertheless cities can have a soul. Rotterdam, the city I live in is one of the largest harbors of the world, it’s always busy, [...]
Brain Blogger
While performing research for my next article, I found a paper in The Open Neurology Journal reporting the results of a scientific study which confirmed both the presence and the level of cognitive impairment in people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). As I was reading the study, I thought “Aha! Finally. A study that [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
Question: Why have so many more people in the USA, were marijuana is illegal tried it? 40% of people in the USA compared to 20,2 % in The Netherlands?
Bill O’Reilly: The way they do the statistics in The Netherlands is different, plus it is a much smaller country, it’s a much [...]