[Illustration by M H Evans] William of Occam has a lot to answer for. Let me explain. Psychology bloggers are getting excited over recent research in biological psychiatry that integrates [...]
At a Royal Institution lecture last night on the worst ideas on the mind there were some polite, but nevertheless underhand, tactics on show in an attempt to sway the [...]
I just finished Lauren Slater's book: "Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological experiments of the Twentieth Century". These included the work done by B. F. Skinner on operant conditioning, Darley & [...]
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"The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't." - Ernest Rutherford Morton Hunt's excellent 'Story of Psychology' helps explain why people doubt the scientific [...]
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