Topic: psychology
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10 Practical Uses For Psychological Research in Everyday Life
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 · Topics: neuroscience, psychology, research
Harvard’s Visual Cognition Laboratory
Thursday, July 12, 2007 · Topics: decision-making, psychology, research, visualization
studies visual attention, visual memory and decision making. Experiments typically take about 5 minutes, but this varies from experiment to experiment. · Go to Harvard’s Visual Cognition Laboratory →
Moral Sense Test at Harvard
Thursday, July 12, 2007 · Topics: ethics, harvard, morality, psychology, research
a Web-based study into the nature of human moral judgment. How do human beings decide what is right and wrong? · Go to Moral Sense Test at Harvard →
Drew Westen, Emory Department of Psychology
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 · Topics: neuroscience, political-psychology, psychology
Westen’s major areas of research are personality disorders, eating disorders, psychotherapy effectiveness, adolescent psychopathology, political psychology, and the interface of psychodynamics and neuroscience. · Go to Drew Westen, Emory Department of Psychology →
10 Tips to Study Smart and Save Time
Thursday, July 5, 2007 · Topics: education, memory, productivity, psychology, tips
Holistic learning is the process of organizing information into webs that interconnect ideas. Instead of forcing ideas into your skull, focus on the relationships between information. Linking ideas together to see the whole, instead of just the parts. · Go to 10 Tips to Study Smart and Save Time →
Labelling emotions reduces their impact
Friday, June 22, 2007 · Topics: emotional-intelligence, neuroscience, psychology, research
a brain scanning study has found that naming emotions reduces the intensity of emotion processing in the brain, possibly outlining a brain network responsible for the old saying ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’. · Go to Labelling emotions reduces their impact →
Joseph Bulbulia
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 · Topics: psychology, religion, research
Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University, Wellington: uses tools drawn from evolutionary biology and economics to formulate testable hypotheses about the intricate psychological design that underlies our capacity for religion. · Go to Joseph Bulbulia →
Steven Pinker
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 · Topics: neuroscience, psychology
Professor Department of Psychology, Harvard: conducts research on language and cognition, author of The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works. · Go to Steven Pinker →
