Steve Higgins is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, Steve is a real graduate student at a real school.
OmniBrain is now Of Two Minds!
December 31, 2006
Category: Psychiatry
Berate your friends who take antidepressants about how they're dupes and should - nay, must - throw away their pills and start taking overdoses of niacin, St. Johns Wort and omega-3 fatty acids. Insist that "natural" chemicals are better than "manufactured" chemicals, though you can't actually explain what the difference...
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December 30, 2006
Category: Mental Health
After a previous post about mind control devices I received an interesting email from Catherine Heywood of the British Mind Control Network. It's a shame that "The British Mind Control Network (BMCN) is an online resource at present but hopes to become so within the next three years" I'm sure...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 8:59 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Neuroart
Alan Turing - the father of computing - as a snowman....
Posted by Steve Higgins at 8:51 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Food
Another food psychology cartoon (see previous) from the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab illustrating their research on unintentional overeating. The next time you look at a menu with tempura-battered Alaskan halibut cheeks nestled with citrus slices avec pomme des frites, remember that somewhere else it's just fish and chips....
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 12:17 AM • • 0 TrackBacks
December 28, 2006
Category: Chatter
Big warm welcome to ScienceBlog's newest member, Chris Chatham's Developing Intelligence! It's a great blog I've been reading quite a while. I've learned a lot about AI and cognitive science from his detailed posts. Chris has also solved a problem some of us other Sb newbies hadn't. Archives of the...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 6:07 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Psychology
A visual illusion has people believing they've poured less liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, thin one, according to the Cornell University Food and Brand Laboratory. They've done many interesting studies on how packaging and marketing contribute to unknowingly overeating; glassware elongation research concluded that the...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 4:37 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 26, 2006
Category: Psychology
TV viewing has analgesic effect during venipuncture in children, reports a MedScape article (free reg req'd, or use Bug Me Not to access) based on a recent study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood. Compared to a mother comforting a child - active distraction - passive distraction with a...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 9:42 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 24, 2006
Category: Biology
This has nothing to do with Christmas, trees, or human brains. Um. Instead, gorgeous photos of Christmas tree worms living on brain coral. Festive! Click images for sources. Knowing little about coral, I sought info and found I could Ask a Brain Coral about itself. Alas, big on factoids, but...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 7:59 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 23, 2006
Category: Math
Hi everyone! I've been a little lax in my posting as of late. I apologize and as soon as the holidays are over and I'm not sleeping on lots of couches in different places, I'll be more active again. In the mean time here:...
Posted by Steve Higgins at 12:56 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 22, 2006
Category: Psychology
"Thus, a wall table provides a solitary individual greater protection from a surprise attack." What exactly would a surprise attack look like in a college cafeteria? A pissed off lunch lady hurling mashed potatoes across the room?
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