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The Architecture of a Problem (Part 2) Psychoanalysis and Creativity

06/01/2016

Malcolm Quinn expounds on the implications and applications of psychoanalysis and art...

Did You Really Want to do That? Free Will Gets Computer Analysed

05/01/2016

Berlin researchers test mechanisms involved in decision-making...

The Architecture of a Problem (Psychoanalysis and Creative Practice)

28/12/2015

Professor Malcolm Quinn shares his thoughts on psychoanalytic approaches in art and design....

Klever Kitty! Scientists Isolate the Antidepressant Component of Ketamine

27/12/2015

Team IDs brain circuit involved in party drug's antidepressant effect ...

Screw You, Confucius! Material Purchases Make You Happy

25/12/2015

A recent study from Social Psychological and Personality Science shows material purchases provide more frequent happiness...

Episodic or Semantic: What’s Your Memory Type?

14/12/2015

New research shows that the tendency to remember episodic details versus facts is reflected in intrinsic brain patterns...

A more chaotic brain state: New Data on How LSD Works

13/12/2015

LSD changes consciousness by reorganizing human brain networks ...

Thanks! The Proven Way to Get The Right Kind of Attention

10/12/2015

Pay it forward: Small favors can yield large returns, study finds...

Brain Strain: What You Don’t Want to Know (But Need To) About Cannabis

01/12/2015

Study shows white matter damage caused by 'skunk-like' cannabis ...

Not Painless. Stuart Semple’s ‘My Sonic Youth’ Addresses Male Suicide

28/11/2015

If you're male and under 45, suicide is your most likely cause of death. Stuart Semple's recent project My Sonic Youth addresses the issue....

Finding Your Happy Place (with MRI): the Neural Structures of Happiness

25/11/2015

Kyoto University researchers narrow in on the neural structures behind happiness...

Reduce Racism with this Seven Minute Miracle

21/11/2015

Seven minutes of meditation can reduce racial prejudice, study finds ...

A Human Instinct for War? Sociologist Hugh Gusterson Explains

21/11/2015

Terrorism is a tactic. You usually ﬁght war against a constituent. It’s hard to ﬁght a war against a tactic. - Interview with Hugh Gusterson, sociologist ...

You Thought You Were Anonymous?! What Your Video Gaming Reveals

20/11/2015

Video games can provide a wealth of useful population-level information on developmental, cognitive and psychological processes....

But does it WORK? The Power of Magical Thinking

12/11/2015

Even smart, educated, emotionally stable adults believe in superstitions that they recognize are unreasonable....

Spurn Kinky Milk Goods, Vanilla Yoghurt Makes You Happy. Fact!

11/11/2015

Vanilla yogurt makes us feel happy, suggests research ...

Male/Female Brain Differences? More Like Hackney to Hoxton than Mars to Venus

02/11/2015

Male/female brain differences? Big data says not so much ...

Crank Up the Volume for Anxiety and Depression. Aggressive Music and Mental Health

25/10/2015

Aggressive music related to anxiety in men...

Want to Skip the Supermarket Queue? Ditch the Beer

24/10/2015

New study conducted in German supermarket tests willingness of customers to cooperate and help other customers proceed faster...

Dishonest, but Nice: Empathy Helps Kids Lie (Theory of Mind)

11/10/2015

Understanding others' thoughts enables young kids to lie ...

Can You Tell Your Toes Apart? Try this Toe Test

25/09/2015

Research from Oxford University suggests we may have a problem telling our toes apart...

I didn’t forget your Birthday, I just have Delayed Remembering

24/09/2015

Kids can remember tomorrow what they forgot today ...

Phleghm-ily Affair. How Smokers breed Smokers

20/09/2015

If mum or dad is a smoker, their teenager is more likely to be a smoker too. Report...

Dither, and the Cat Dies. Quantum Probability and Irrational Decisions

16/09/2015

You're not irrational, you're just quantum probabilistic ...

More Women at Work, More Murders. Gender Equality and Homicide Increase

30/08/2015

The greater a country's gender equality in employment, the higher its homicide rate ...

We Can Predict that For You Wholesale? Murder Forecasting hits real life.

28/08/2015

New knowledge about murderers who commit what is called spontaneous domestic homicide...

Napoleon Complex: Are Weaklings more violent than Macho Men?

27/08/2015

Insecure men are more likely to commit violent assaults with weapons and to cause injury if they feel others see them in this light too....

Soul-Gazing: Charting The Daily Ebb and Flow of Spiritual Awareness

25/08/2015

'Sometimes the situation you are in affects your spiritual awareness. Other times your spiritual awareness affects the situation you're in.'...

Spots or Stripes? Why Animal Camouflage is WRONG

13/08/2015

Stripes might not offer protection for animals living in groups, such as zebra, as previously thought....

Decision Frames : How Retailers Influence Your Pizza Order

31/07/2015

Explaining the way people decide to customize their food orders and the implications for retailers and customers alike....

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