Pinboard: bookmarks for banjaloupe tagged 'psychology'

not everyone thinks of their lives as a story! for instance i don't think i do? but how would i be able to compare? whatever i just need to be able to reference this in the future

psychology cogsci stories life personality narrative criticism article philosophy
september 2010 by banjaloupe

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Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits

some recent work, mostly on studying, but also throwing in a debunking of learning styles stuff

education research studying learningstyles cogsci psychology neuroscience article
september 2010 by banjaloupe

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Top Ten Myths of Popular Psychology

theyre so popular they may as well be part of folk psych at this point

list psychology science myths history culture
september 2010 by banjaloupe

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Reports from a Resident Alien

very interesting blog on autism linked from this npr story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129379866

autism psychology health neurodiversity blog npr
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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Children are less likely to learn from unreliable sources

interesting! i almost wonder if this behavior becomes more or less permissive with aging, as children get a richer understanding of authority?

education kid psychology trust lies research article
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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Madison Avenue - Experiments in the Laboratory of Consumerism 1959-67

mad men psych, with video!

madmen marketing ad psychology history culture video article
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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Catharsis

from the blog, "you are not so smart" (which i am now following)

psychology cogsci catharsis hatred anger emotion article
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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Problems in evolutionary psychology

a lot of arguments against evo psych are dumb, but these are good

evolution psychology science criticism article reference
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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The Relationship between Language and Culture

more pormpuraawan stuff, including their time sense (its ALSO absolute and...cardinal??? D: )

language anthropology psychology cogsci directions time sapirwhorf article reference
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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Does Language Influence Culture?

citation for pormpuraawan absolute cardinal direction usage (no relative/ego-centric "left/right" terms)

language anthropology psychology cogsci research sapirwhorf article reference
august 2010 by banjaloupe

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Excerpt - Being Wrong - By Kathryn Schulz

looks like a great book! its on the psychology of error and why being wrong is great

book !get cogsci psychology error wrong preview
july 2010 by banjaloupe

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We agree it’s WEIRD, but is it WEIRD enough?

a fantastic review of a fantastic article, i gotta take the time to digest the source very thoroughly. we need more of this kind of research!!!

awesome weird psychology culture america world science anthropology research future !toread
july 2010 by banjaloupe

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Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?

just a little article on whether studying economics corrupts people :P

economics game education altruism psychology research article
july 2010 by banjaloupe

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The sting of poverty

obv this is super complicated, but its nice to see people coming up with unconventional ideas, even when they seem to reinforce a strong class split ("but see, poor people are TOTALLY UNLIKE YOU")

poverty economics money psychology politics article
july 2010 by banjaloupe

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Secret of AA: After 75 Years, We Don’t Know How It Works

...or its just a religion and works like any other religion?

addiction alcohol alanon history religion psychology medicine article
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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The Writer Who Couldn't Read

with video by lev!! yayy

cogsci writing reading stroke psychology brain npr cartoon video
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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Cognitive Biases - A Visual Study Guide

not a huge fan of the scribd interface but if you like it, here is a thing about biases

cogsci rationality social psychology picture list education graphics reference
june 2010 by banjaloupe

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The Moral Life of Babies

man, developmental psych is so fun-- theres nothing more riveting than discovering the moral sentiments of alien minds (BABBIES)

awesome research baby morality culture social science evolution biology psychology cogsci article
may 2010 by banjaloupe

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Morality Study Narrows Gap Between Mind And Brain

if this is surprising to you, then you haven't been paying attention (also: YOU JUST GOT TMS'D!!!1!!1!!)

cogsci morality brain tms neuroscience psychology research
march 2010 by banjaloupe

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...In Different Voices

on accent and IQ (a must-read if you're one of those people who believe in g)

awesome reference iq accent genetics education psychology cogsci plasticity article
march 2010 by banjaloupe

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Opening Pandora’s Box: The 19 Worst Suggestions For DSM5

specific criticisms of some new/expanded diagnoses in the DSM-V, as well as more general comments at the end about issues with the DSM-drafting process itself

psychology psychiatry dsm5 science book article criticism
february 2010 by banjaloupe

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The Science of Success

behavioral genetics gets more and more convincing each day...

genetics psychology evolution biology science monkey orchid dandelion article
december 2009 by banjaloupe

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Edge: 36 ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD — By Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

excerpt from a fantastic looking book, including the must-read appendix of major arguments for god (along with answers/comments on those arguments)

amazing religion atheism god rationality philosophy psychology morality book !get
november 2009 by banjaloupe

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One nagging thing you still don't understand about yourself

psychologists give that one problem they still can't get over

psychology cogsci research inspiration science list
october 2009 by banjaloupe

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Can the Right Kinds of Play Teach Self-Control?

this seems like a much more compelling investigation of childhood self-control and academic success than the (admittedly adorable) marshmallow-test-related findings (plus this is the exact sorta stuff i wanna go to grad school for :D)

cogsci education kid executivefunction psychology game fun development research article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Thinking literally

some of the metaphor research and how it can be used to manipulate embodiedness-related effects

embodiment cogsci brain body metaphor language psychology research article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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How Long to Form a Habit?

basically, much longer than a month if you want something significant

motivation habit psychology research article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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We're more likely to behave ethically when we see rivals behaving badly

rundown of one of ariely's great psych/ethics experiments

psychology morality cheating research article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Does rewarding altruism squelch it?

aka making toddlers be meaner than is natural (plus the comments have some great rebuttals/suggestions for related research)

kid psychology cogsci morality reward video research article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Predictably Irrational

an outline of ariely's book, predictably irrational, which i should purchase

!get book cogsci rationality emotion psychology social economics marketing prediction research reference
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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HOW WE DECIDE: mind-blowing neuroscience of decision-making

doctorow gives us a great minddump on lehrer's "how we decide" (plus an amazon link)

neuroscience book stories rationality emotion choice cogsci psychology article !get
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation

great talk on how to motivate people to do creative, not mechanical, things-- basically, applying some science to business

ted video cogsci psychology motivation business management economics creativity autonomy science
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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A Mugging on Lake Street

what is racism? what is a hate crime? is the search for meaning always going to lead to something worthwhile?

race crime psychology chicago culture article
september 2009 by banjaloupe

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I Must Be Guilty – the Video Says So

false memories will only become easier to produce

video memory lies psychology cogsci article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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Seven Lies About Lying (Part 2)

in which seven important points about lying are discussed

lies selfdeception morality psychology article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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Musicophilia: Six Questions for Oliver Sacks

sacks answers some questions on the relation between music and cogsci

music brain neuroscience psychology cogsci prosopagnosia research sacks interview article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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Michael Jackson and celebrity psychologists

and widely, on the media and psychology in general

psychology news media jackson article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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Restating the case for human uniqueness

i always thought the point was that we all KNOW that humans rock, and the important part is to actually appreciate that some animals are damn smart

genetics chimps animal people cogsci brain psychology book reviews article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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An Intellectual Movement for the Masses

seligman, zimbardo, and the positive psychologists, who have to avoid being self-help "experts" while trying to expand from individual to public programs

positive psychology happiness research social culture article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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Think Crying Is Cathartic? Not Always

on the lack of empirical crying research, or, scientists didn't want to be any more depressing than usual

crying emotion research psychology article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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The good, the bad and the intentional

great article on the knobe effect and folk philosophy/psychology

knobe philosophy psychology cogsci research morality article
august 2009 by banjaloupe

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Pearls Before Breakfast

if kitty genovese can't get people to stop, what can? sadly, not beauty...