-
Recent Posts
- The effects of ibuprofen on muscle hypertrophy, strength, and soreness during resistance training. – PubMed – NCBI
- Which Type of Exercise Is Best for the Brain? – The New York Times
- Playfulness Is a Spiritual Practice | Psychology Today
- Feeling in control and taking the lead | Psychology Today
- How people evaluate what is true and what is not
Recent Comments
Archives
- July 2016
- November 2015
- October 2015
- June 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- December 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- October 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: Neuroscience and Psychology
Stanford experiment shows that virtual superpowers encourage real-world empathy
Some might think that giving people the illusion of greater than normal power would make them more egotistical and self-serving, but this Stanford study shows that what people become is more empathetic. This is in line with the idea … Continue reading
Zombie consciousness
Wish I had time to go to this talk: Thursday Jan 17th, 5 pm: Workshop on Zombies and Consciousness Steven Schlozman, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School “Is it OK to shoot that Zombie if it isn’t Consciously Human? Is it OK to shoot … Continue reading
Posted in Neuroscience and Psychology
Leave a comment
Children’s behavior and bribes
In an op-ed piece in the New York Times, Bruce Feiler explores the widespread phenomenon of bribes (rewards) to get kids to do what they should, and the equally widespread belief that using such “extrinsic rewards” will actually undermine kids’ … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Hacking, Diet and Exercise
Leave a comment
Can Computers Be Funny?
WHAT do you get when you cross a fragrance with an actor?Answer: a smell Gibson. This is the kind of thing that passes for humor from a computer. It’s the kind of joke that would be a knee slapper … Continue reading
We only see changes in ourselves in retrospect
From the New York Times, an article on how we see how different we were in the past, but we don’t expect ourselves to change much in the future. “Middle-aged people — like me — often look back on our … Continue reading
Posted in Neuroscience and Psychology
Leave a comment
Seth’s Blog: The attention paradox
Seth Godin on the often antithetical demands of messaging in the information age. Smart advertisers, though, are realizing that they have to make content that people decide is worth watching. Some have very good indeed at making media that’s so … Continue reading
5 Big Discoveries About Personal Effectiveness in 2012
From Psychology Today’s website, an article listing 5 things you can do to be more effective. • We don’t know ourselves as well as we think, so when we are not doing well at something, get feedback from others. • … Continue reading
Why the obsession with apocalypse? The future is bright.
On this New Year’s Day, it is fitting to ask: Why are so many people obsessed with apocalypses? Why do so many people not only believe ridiculous things like the Mayan Apocalypse, but seem to want to believe them? On … Continue reading
Running and the evolution of man (Part 2)
I distinctly remember watching Survivor: Africa in 2001 and realizing how vulnerable early man must have felt. The Survivor contestants were sleeping in a traditional african Kraal, which was simply a circular fence of thorny acacia bushes. At night, lions … Continue reading
Running and the evolution of man (part 1)
Exercise builds the brain. Yet more strong theorizing summarized in this NY Times column: Anyone whose resolve to exercise in 2013 is a bit shaky might want to consider an emerging scientific view of human evolution. It suggests that we … Continue reading