Psychology Pig http://www.squealingrat.org/pig Mind and Manipulation Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:49:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Psychopaths, Halloween and a Song http://www.squealingrat.org/pig/psychopaths-halloween-and-a-song/ http://www.squealingrat.org/pig/psychopaths-halloween-and-a-song/#respond Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:31:08 +0000 http://www.squealingrat.org/pig/?p=160
  • Psychopaths: Murderers Show Psychiatric Conditions in Words They Use to Describe Killing – ABC News
  • Everything You Need to Know About That Freaky Dream Last Night
  • Women defy biology to avoid giving birth on Halloween | Try Nerdy
  • How Friends Ruin Memory: The Social Conformity Effect | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Motorists Warned Not To Listen To the World’s Most Relaxing Song
  • Six Famous Thought Experiments, Animated in 60 Seconds Each | Brain Pickings
  • Our Divided Brains Might Be Making Us Unhappy: A Plea for a More Right-Brained World
  • What’s the power of a good luck charm? – CNN.com
  • Psychologists’ Golf Trick Shows Superstition Boosts Performance | Wired Science | Wired.com
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  • The First Real-Time Study of Parents Spanking Their Kids – TIME Healthland
  • BBC News – Brain ‘rejects negative thoughts’
  • What reward does your brain actually seek? – Boing Boing
  • Candid Camera gag (1962) reveals the pressure to conform to group behavior – Boing Boing
  • How to Hack Your Memory: 4 Tips to Achieve Perfect Memory « Lettuce be Cereal
  • Forced Exercise’s Effects on the Brain – NYTimes.com
  • Neuroscience explanations are more believable than mere psychological ones – Boing Boing
  • Jonah Lehrer on Daniel Kahneman’s New Book | Head Case – WSJ.com
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  • AFP: Marijuana blocks PTSD symptoms in rats: study
  • Female Promiscuity Is a Biological Imperitive
  • States Cut Malpractice Payouts by Encouraging Doctors to Apologize – The Daily Stat – September 22, 2011 – Harvard Business Review
  • Why Being Relaxed Makes Us Spend Too Much Money | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Are You Teaching People to Treat You Badly? | Psychology Today
  • The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker – review | Books | The Guardian
  • Underestimating Nearby Nature
  • The Sibling Effect — By Jeffrey Kluger — Book Review – NYTimes.com
  • Why Do You Close Your Eyes to Remember? | Psychology Today
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  • You Love Your iPhone. Literally. – NYTimes.com
  • [citation needed]» Blog Archive » the New York Times blows it big time on brain imaging 
  • Part of placebo effect ascribed to cannabinoids
  • Why Do Some People Learn Faster? | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Is Happiness Even the Point? | Psychology Today
  • Embarrassed? You’ve Won More Trust : Discovery News
  • BBC News – ‘Klingon’ helps Milton Keynes man deal with dyslexia
  • Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science | Video on TED.com
  • Watch lectures on mind, brain, and human nature – Boing Boing
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  • Yawning May Cool the Brain : Discovery News
  • Why You Should Cut Disgruntled DMV Employees Some Slack – Culture – GOOD
  • The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them)
  • The Body Odd – Blame it on the alcohol? Maybe not, study suggests
  • Why Do You See Stars When You Get Hit in the Face?
  • Single dose of hallucinogen may create lasting personality change
  • More bad news: The (mis)reporting of statistical results in psychology journals « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
  • William Ury: The walk from “no” to “yes” | Video on TED.com
  • One gene turns low-ranking mice into alpha-rodents | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
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  • The Psychology Of Yogurt | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Looking at the Sun Can Trigger a Sneeze: Scientific American
  • Book Excerpt: The Dyslexic Advantage | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Stubbornness Increases the More People Tell You You’re Wrong | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Why Being Relaxed Makes Us Spend Too Much Money | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Dan Ariely: How to Pay People – BusinessWeek
  • Clutter can kill creativity and innovation | Unclutterer
  • The Body Odd – Fake it ’till you make it? Confidence may matter more than ability
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder – The Basics | A Blog Around The Clock, Scientific American Blog Network
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  • How to Improve Your Life with Story Editing : Scientific American
  • Teenage Brains – Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine
  • Laughter Produces Endorphins, Study Finds – NYTimes.com
  • Why Do Cars Make Us Drool? | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • 3quarksdaily: Psychologists discover a gene’s link to optimism, self-esteem
  • Evolution of Narcissism: Why We’re Overconfident, and Why It Works
  • The Dark Side of the Placebo Effect: When Intense Belief Kills : Farnam Street
  • James Randi on Scepticism | FiveBooks | The Browser
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  • Can Irrational Decisions Be Corrected? A Football Case Study | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Why I No Longer Buy Expensive Wine | Drinking Out Loud | News & Features | Wine Spectator
  • Volunteering to help others could lead to better health
  • Your Brain on Politics: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Liberals and Conservatives | The Intersection | Discover Magazine
  • How Teddy Bears Can Make Your Company More Ethical – Video – Harvard Business Review
  • SpongeBob study: ‘SpongeBob’ impairs children’s thinking – latimes.com
  • The psychopathic neurobiologist – Boing Boing
  • How Whole Foods “Primes” You To Shop | Fast Company

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  • Our Social Nature: The Surprising Science of Smiles | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Ben Fry, Information Designer – By Julia Turner – Slate Magazine
  • The Secret Language Code: Scientific American
  • Why Some People Prefer The Round Toggle Buttons of iOS 5
  • Why Some Seconds Seem to Last Forever | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • The Dangerous Psychology of Factory Farming – James McWilliams – Life – The Atlantic
  • Happy Words Trump Negativity in the English Language | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • BBC News – The self-storage craze
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  • Consumer Fanboys Confuse Brand Identity With Their Own | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • How the human brain lies to us – Boing Boing
  • The Quiet Theory of Influence | zen habits
  • Cornell Chronicle: People are afraid of creative ideas
  • Jonah Lehrer: Coaching Kids to Focus on Focus | Head Case – WSJ.com
  • Can’t resist that marshmallow? Self-control doesn’t get easier with age
  • Female Orgasm Remains an Evolutionary Mystery | Wired Science | Wired.com
  • Start Preparing Now to Avoid the Effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder
  • Footprints ID People Like Fingerprints : Discovery News
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