Dr. Ginger Campbell's Blog and Podcasts http://docartemis.com/blog Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:13:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/docartemisbloghttp://feedburner.google.com Books and Ideas #34: Bruce Hood, author of SuperSense http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/docartemisblog/~3/6jDQJ8lRmic/ http://docartemis.com/blog/2010/01/podcast34-hood/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:28 +0000 docartemis http://docartemis.com/blog/?p=841 Episode 34 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Bruce M Hood, author of SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable.Dr. Hood is a developmental psychologist with a long-standing interest in why people believe weird things. In SuperSense he argues that innate cognitive structures (how we think without being taught) give people a natural [...] Episode 34 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Bruce M Hood, author of SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable.Dr. Hood is a developmental psychologist with a long-standing interest in why people believe weird things. In SuperSense he argues that innate cognitive structures (how we think without being taught) give people a natural tendency toward belief in the supernatural. Our intuitive sense of how the world works is often at odds with the findings of modern science.

In this interview we discuss the evidence for these conclusions and their implications.

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References and Links:

  • Bruce Hood’s website
  • SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable by Bruce M. Hood
  • Hood, BM, “Gravity Rules for Two-  to Four-Year-Olds?” Cognitive Development 10 (1995): 577-98.
  • Lindeman & Aarnio (2007), “Superstitious, magical, and paranormal beliefs: An integrative model.” Journal of Research in Personality 41, 731–744
  • Lindeman, M. & Saher, M. (2007). “Vitalism, Purpose and Superstition.” British Journal of Psychology, 98(1), 33-44.
  • Lindeman, M. & Aarnio, K. (2006).  “Paranormal beliefs: Their dimensionality and correlates.” European Journal of Personality, 20: 585-602.

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]]> http://docartemis.com/blog/2010/01/podcast34-hood/feed/ 2 http://docartemis.com/blog/2010/01/podcast34-hood/ Brain Science Podcast #65: Jaak Panksepp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/docartemisblog/~3/L_BatdQNcfg/ http://docartemis.com/blog/2010/01/bsp65/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:12:39 +0000 docartemis http://docartemis.com/blog/?p=836 Episode 65 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Jaak Panksepp, PhD, author of Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions. Dr. Panksepp has done pioneering work on the neural origins of emotions. In this interview we discuss how his work challenges some of the common assumptions about emotions and [...] Episode 65 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Jaak Panksepp, PhD, author of Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions. Dr. Panksepp has done pioneering work on the neural origins of emotions. In this interview we discuss how his work challenges some of the common assumptions about emotions and some of the important implications of his discoveries. New listeners may want to go back and listen to Episode 11 for an introduction to the neuroscience of emotion.

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Tee is one the people who helped me get started in podcasting. I know I can’t do anything to lesson the pain he feels, but thanks to Scott Sigler I can contribute to a fund to help with the financial burden.

I hope you will help too.

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This episode is more personal than most because I share some of the story of my rescued German Shepherd Jake, and of course, Kyla talks about rescuing a Boston Terrier named Bill (pictured above) led her to start a publishing company.

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It includes a review of some of the major ideas we talked about in 2009 and a look ahead to what I have planned for 2010.

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  • Listen to any episode without downloading it via iTunes*
  • Read episode trancripts right on your iPhone or Touch
  • One click links to the website, email, and the new phone-in line at 206-984-0358.
  • Background play*

*Note: Streaming audio works best with a WiFi connection.

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