PSY101

Best Freudian slip EVER!!

2011-12-15T13:12:00.000-08:00

I Love My Dogs...

2011-07-21T10:33:00.000-07:00

How important are the pets in our lives? According to research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, very. Are they as important as friends and family? Maybe. ...but I already knew that...

Read about the reserach here:

http://healthland.time.com/2011/07/12/study-pets-give-us-the-same-warm-fuzzies-that-friends-do/

Our Fascination with Casey Anthony...

2011-07-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

Why was America so mesmerized by the Casey Anthony trial? And why are so many angry about the verdict? Was our fascination fueled by... the drama? ...the death of a beautiful little child? ... a sense of evil? ....some unusual Anthony family dynamics?

Read what a psychologist (and former President of the American Psychological Association) has to say about it....

www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/07/04/farley.casey.anthony.trial/

Let me know what you think!

More info from brain scans!!!

2010-02-02T13:28:00.001-08:00

Can brain scans predict a broken promise?! Check out this Scientific American story:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=brain-scan-broken-promise&sc=HLTH_20100202

Feeling beautiful? Ugly? Brain scans tell why....

2010-02-02T13:23:00.000-08:00

According to this Scientific American article, brain scans can show more than the mere existence of neural activity... Go see...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=less-than-a-pretty-face-brain-scans-2010-02-01&sc=DD_20100202

Dr. J

How do girls learn "math phobia...?"

2010-01-26T13:15:00.000-08:00

Here is an excellent article about "math phobia" in girls... It presents evidence that differences in math ability between boys and girls may be learned... and from whom is quite surprising....

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=little-girls-are-made-of-sugar-and-2010-01-25&sc=DD_20100126

Dr. J

New Research Findings about Broca's Area

2009-10-18T10:30:00.000-07:00

Check out this Scientfic American podcast. Research is marching along...

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=brains-speech-center-finally-talks-09-10-19&sc=DD_20091019

Are You Mensa material?

2009-10-17T09:03:00.000-07:00

Next week we begin the chapter on Cognitiion, Intelligence, and Creativity. Experience a taste of intelligence testing by going to www.mensa.org and do the "Mensa Workout" (link on left side of page.) Send me a short description of the "workout" and how you did (2 BPs).

Effect of Different Languages on Dyslexia

2009-10-14T12:55:00.000-07:00

Someone in one of my classes (it may have been you!) asked if Dylexia was different for picture-type languages like Japanese or Chinese. There may be an answer to that question in this article.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=its-all-chinese-to-me-dyslexia-has-2009-10-12&sc=CAT_MB_20091014

A Vaccine for Cocaine Addicts?

2009-10-07T10:55:00.000-07:00

The following article reports that a vaccine may helpl cocaine addicts by preventing "the pleasurable effects of the [cocaine]—thus deconditioning them out of their dependency." This is relevant to BOTH our discussion of drugs and our next chapter on conditioning and learning.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-cocaine-vaccine&sc=DD_20091007

Neural Mechanisms in Dyslexia

2009-09-17T06:52:00.000-07:00

The web link to Neural Mechanisms in Dyslexia that I referred to in class is located at: http://dyslexia.yale.edu/current_directions_in_psych_science_2006.pdf

Dr. J