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 & [...]
It can be difficult to see aspects of your own identity clearly without a contrast. As an Englishman amongst the English it's hard for me to understand many aspects of [...]
"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 [...]
The Royal Institution write to tell me they've got some fascinating public events coming up, one of which they are... "...putting on with the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College [...]
"Doctors from London University have revealed details of what they believe is the largest amount of ecstasy ever consumed by a single person. Consultants from the addiction centre at St [...]
A new film, Unknown White Male, tells the real-life story of a man who, in July 2003, finds himself on the subway in New York with no idea who he [...]
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