Psychology
« Previous EntriesHow fMRI Scans Should Be Used in Court
Thursday, May 13th, 2010Last week, a Brooklyn judge had the good sense to prevent a lawyer from using fMRI scans as evidence in a civil suit. But, as Wired bloggers report, new cases are already popping up.
For whatever reasons, the focus has been on using fMRI for lie detection. I find it hard to believe this will ever [...]
Sex Differences in the Mind
Friday, April 2nd, 2010The new issue of Scientific American Mind is all about gender. I have one feature about sex differences in depression, and there are also articles on gender and addiction and humor. It should hit newsstands soon, so please consider picking up a copy (some of the articles will be online, but it’s not the same). [...]
Animal Abuse in the News
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Several national news stories about animal abuse have caught my attention this summer. A few days ago, Connecticut police broke up a bird fighting ring. Strangely enough, the birds being used in the fights were finches and canaries–not species one typically thinks of as aggressive. 19 men were arrested and over $8,000 in gambling money [...]
Neurocinematics
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Credit: mag3737 via Flickr Creative Commons
I don’t know if anyone I know got a chance to attend the Neurocinematics talk at NYAS Monday night. I wrote a profile of Hasson and his research (sadly, never published), and my friend Jeremy wrote about one of Hasson’s studies for LiveScience last summer. Anyway, I think using movies [...]