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In this post and another I am going to gather a few thoughts about what it has been like trying to do experiments in collaboration with colleagues from psychology faculties. ... It’s not for me to say that this was the influence of this very blog

talking about the same thing, but that’s how some of the thought-provoking suggestions arise. ... Especially about popular media reception of psychology, where they leap to tell us where love happens in the brain, and so on.

Overall they wonder how the simplifications that result from common-sense psychology can be understood better, because they may tell us a lot about ourselves. ... Two quick notes about time…. Friston and Buzsáki have a big, complex theory about the

piece listed above. It’s part of Psychology’s replication boom, which I have written about a bit here. ... Anyway, the thing about the replication boom is that it’s a failed replication boom.

about the interaction between things, and that has fundamental links with the resting mind. ... ii) MANIPULATING THE BIASES! I wrote a cheery account of reading Michael Lewis’s book about the psychology pioneers Kahneman and Tversky.

You can find a lot more information about the game on this website. ... It’s about the terms used in psychology, and the care required to understand the question before heading for an answer.

Well, no, it’s Michael Tye’s book about animal psychology, with its cool title. ... a script that seems to me to have some interesting questions about the way language works.

You can find a lot more information about the game on this website. ... It’s about the terms used in psychology, and the care required to understand the question before heading for an answer.

nevertheless conveys the truth about the defendant (that he is a thief, for example). ... King Lear is not about the psychology of the aging brain, nor is it a true story, and yet it may have truth to tell about the psychology of the aging

I think The Voices Within is a triumph. It ranges from sharp-edged clinical issues (people who hear voices that are distracting, disturbing, or destructive) to adventurous thinking about the role ... Well, yes, and also maybe. There were other epics (now