Category Archives: Psychology

Tom McRae on getting lost

Posted on August 19, 2018 by diplopi

I feel the night is on your side Shadows wait you when you rise You hold the weight of every moment And move no distance in your stride And while you wallow in your wounds You let the devils draw … Continue reading →

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Plasticity and the Capasity of the Brain

Posted on November 3, 2014 by diplopi

                Deep reading — the kind that you engage in when you get lost in the syntax and imagery and the long, convoluted sentences of a really meaty book — is a special … Continue reading →

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Photographer Uses Neuroscience To Redefined The Meaning Of Beauty

Posted on October 8, 2014 by diplopi

This fascinating photographic project, titled the ‘Original Ideal’, is an impressive blend of neuroscience and photography and attempts to explore and reveal the deepest part of our personality – how we perceive ourselves. All subjects were placed in a minimal studio setting where … Continue reading →

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Nobel Prize Recipients from Norway in Physiology or Medicine

Posted on October 6, 2014 by diplopi

              Congratulations to this year´s Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine and cognitive neuroscientists May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser from Norway together with John O´Keefe from UK, which have discovered an inner positioning system … Continue reading →

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Sleep and False Memory

Posted on August 2, 2014 by diplopi

    Past research has claimed lack of sleep can cause memory loss. Now, in what is deemed a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the University of California-Irvine and Michigan State University suggest sleep deprivation could increase susceptibility to false memories. … Continue reading →

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Can You Trust Your Eyes?

Posted on May 30, 2014 by diplopi

How do you know what you’re seeing is real?

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Is the Brain a Receiver for Consciousness?

Posted on May 28, 2014 by diplopi

An interesting article regarding the ‘brain-as-receiver hypothesis’. The author, Steven Novella, claims that the hypothesis is nothing more than a convenient way for dualists to dismiss evidence for the correlation between brain function and mental function. He argues that if the … Continue reading →

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One Molecule for Love, Morality, and Prosperity?

Posted on April 27, 2014 by diplopi

Ed Young touching on the topic of why the hype about oxytocin, known as the ‘cuddle hormone’ and ‘morale molecule’, is dumb and dangerous. Click the heart to learn more.         Reference: Bartz, J. A., et al. (2011). … Continue reading →

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Change Blindness

Posted on April 17, 2014 by diplopi

Dan Levin and Daniel Simons conducted a person-change study, and found that about 50% of people didn’t notice they were talking to a different person. See the clip here: This sort of person-change rarely (if ever) happens in the world. You might assume, … Continue reading →

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Beard Trend is ‘Guided by Evolution’

Posted on April 16, 2014 by diplopi

A study from 2013 (The role of facial hair in women’s perceptions of men’s attractiveness, health, masculinity and parenting abilities Evolution and Human Behavior 34 (2013) 236-241. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.02.003) looked at men’s and women’s judgments of attractiveness, health, masculinity and parenting abilities for … Continue reading →

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