Non-Clinical Community Samples

by | May 14, 2008 | Uncategorized

An excerpt from BPS Reasearch Digest Blog:The tactic used by most researchers is to recruit from the wider community, for example by advertising in the local paper. But Thurston’s team argue a large proportion of the general community actually have their own...

The Secret

by | May 7, 2008 | Uncategorized

An excerpt from the “How of Happiness” Blog regarding the book, the Secret:…the law of attraction [which argues that you can manifest or attract whatever your heart desires, from Prada bags to husbands] sounds ridiculous. But it works! It has truly,...

Vitamin F

by | Apr 14, 2008 | Uncategorized

An excerpt from the Psychology Today Blog:Over the next month I want you to develop the habit of confronting fear. It’s my opinion that the human body needs fear. You may not have noticed, but on the government’s chart of recommended daily allowance of...

Opt in or Opt out

by | Apr 10, 2008 | Uncategorized

Below is an excerpt from the Social Sciences Statistics Blog regarding the differences in countries who have a opt-in versus and opt-out policy on organ donation. Here are links to the original paper.The results on organ donation in Europe are particularly striking,...

Affordances

by | Apr 1, 2008 | Uncategorized

Here is an interesting excerpt from the MindHacks Blog:You’re on the side of rock-wall, and you have to go up (or down) by looking around you for somewhere to move your hands or feet. If you can’t see anything then you’re stuck and just have to count...

Gandhi Quotes

by | Mar 24, 2008 | Uncategorized

A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Action expresses priorities. An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. An ounce of practice is worth more...

Happiness in Altruistic Behavior

by | Mar 24, 2008 | Uncategorized

Here is an excerpt from the Not Exactly Rocket Science Blog:Elizabeth Dunn from the University of British Columbia wanted to see if there were ways of channelling the inevitable pursuit of money towards actually making people happier. Together with Lara Aknin and...

Ignoring What Might Have Been

by | Mar 19, 2008 | Uncategorized

An excerpt from the BPS Blog:we take into account what might have happened if we’d taken a different path, made a different decision. These so-called ‘fictive’ thoughts can lead us to change the way we behave in the future. But now Pearl Chiu and...

Reputation Management in Autism

by | Mar 13, 2008 | Uncategorized

Below is an interesting excerpt summarizing research on how kids with autism lack the skill to manage their reputation. The autistic subjects showed normal activity during the “other phase” (when they were learning how much their partner was going to repay...