Enjoying Nature
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There were no psychologists to right the boat the last time we went overboard for … |
2020/08/04 |
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Biopsychosocial, Teaching
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2020-08-04 11:01:55 |
Moods
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We make up a lot of what we see and hear. Most situations are ambiguous. … |
2020/07/28 |
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Biopsychosocial, Translational
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2020-07-28 10:15:52 |
Thinking About the Future
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A global pandemic doomed a lot of social and commercial predictions for 2020, but the … |
2020/07/21 |
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Biopsychosocial, Teaching
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2020-07-21 08:45:36 |
Games
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The blog post on “Play” would have been a good time to bring up game … |
2020/07/14 |
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Biopsychosocial, Teaching
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2020-07-14 09:23:16 |
Why Am I Always Cold?
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Are you feeling cold? That’s not a problem, in principle. We all have a heater … |
2020/07/07 |
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Biopsychosocial, Measurement
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2020-07-07 08:58:39 |
Mistakes
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For any one of us, there is just one mistake: a violation of the plan, … |
2020/06/30 |
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Measurement, Teaching, Uncategorized
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2020-06-30 09:44:01 |
Parenting
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Parenting invites dichotomies: Not only are there two kinds of parent, mother and father, but … |
2020/06/23 |
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Biopsychosocial, Teaching
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2020-06-23 09:27:41 |
Musical Rhythm
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Some people cannot follow a beat. Such beat deafness, a form of amusia, appears in … |
2020/06/16 |
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Biopsychosocial, Teaching
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2020-06-16 11:21:02 |
A Better Night’s Sleep
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If you tend to be a target for ads about everyday-carry tools, as I am, … |
2020/06/09 |
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Biopsychosocial, Measurement
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2020-06-09 10:40:48 |
Where Do Beliefs Come From?
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Among Americans, 98 percent of scientists believe that humans evolved over time, and 81 percent … |
2020/06/02 |
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Teaching, Translational
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2020-06-02 09:52:25 |
Addiction
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Prominent psychologist Jordan Peterson has undergone recent treatment for a drug habit. He has found … |
2020/05/26 |
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Biopsychosocial, Translational
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2020-05-26 09:58:18 |
Emotional Intensity
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Some people like the thrill of falling from a great height, while many others find … |
2020/05/19 |
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Biopsychosocial, Teaching
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2020-05-19 09:11:04 |
Compared to What?
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The psychology curriculum has changed since some of you left the classroom. Not only has … |
2020/05/12 |
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Measurement, Teaching
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2020-05-12 09:17:50 |
Eye Movements
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Our ability to see with our eyes hardly attracts the attention that the eyes capture … |
2020/05/05 |
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Biopsychosocial, It’s a feature
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2020-05-05 09:01:38 |
Stress and Depression
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How much is too much of anything? We often judge poorly. A youngster fails to … |
2020/04/28 |
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It’s a feature, Translational
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2020-04-28 10:09:54 |
Taking Stock
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With the topics I’ve introduced so far, I have tried to show how biological, psychological … |
2020/04/21 |
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Measurement, Teaching
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2020-04-21 11:00:35 |
Cheering, Talking, Singing
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For many of us, the voice is an unreliable tool. Through inflammation, stress, injury, and … |
2020/04/14 |
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Biopsychosocial, Teaching
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2020-04-14 09:51:41 |
Left Hand, Right Hand
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Years ago, William Calvin wrote a popular book attributing the evolution of right-handedness to the way it … |
2020/04/07 |
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Biopsychosocial, Translational
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2020-04-07 09:20:28 |
Mental Effort
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The absentminded professor will remind everyone of mental effort, distracted by a big idea from … |
2020/03/31 |
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Teaching, Translational
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2020-03-31 05:37:07 |
Loneliness
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Most of us experience loneliness. The need to be with others helps us survive, but … |
2020/03/24 |
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Biopsychosocial, Translational
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2020-03-24 10:16:49 |
Reaction Time
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Paraphrasing Robert Benchley, we may say that there are two kinds of people in the … |
2020/03/17 |
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Biopsychosocial, Measurement
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2020-03-17 10:26:12 |
Forgetting
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Even walking through a door will make you forget—unless the door opens onto a toilet, … |
2020/03/10 |
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It’s a feature, Teaching
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2020-03-10 13:14:31 |
Behavioral Immunity
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Once again a new disease is threatening us, this time a new coronavirus. We’re familiar … |
2020/03/03 |
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Teaching, Translational
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2020-03-03 09:27:51 |
Measuring Pain
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Is your pain the same as my pain? And how much worse is a toothache … |
2020/02/25 |
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Biopsychosocial, Measurement
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2020-02-25 13:14:41 |
Play
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Are you pro-play or anti-play? After recent concern about study crowding out exercise, schools are … |
2020/02/18 |
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Biopsychosocial, Teaching
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2020-02-18 08:56:40 |
Resilience
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It’s remarkable how some other people (and animals, too, including pets) seem to be resistant to stress more than … |
2020/02/12 |
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Biopsychosocial, Translational
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2020-02-12 15:00:39 |
Navigation
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You can use psychology for navigating. But it occurs to me that if we analyze … |
2020/02/05 |
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2020-02-05 12:06:24 |
Weather, Sun, Moon and Our Behavior
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After the earth cooled below the boiling point of water about 4 billion years ago, … |
2020/01/29 |
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Biopsychosocial, Myths
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2020-01-29 09:20:46 |
Fatigue
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It’s important to see our evolutionary traits as features sometimes, instead of bugs. Evolution has … |
2020/01/27 |
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Biopsychosocial, It’s a feature, Teaching
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2020-01-27 11:30:52 |
Creating Flavors
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Flavor arises as much from psychology as from physiology. The brain constructs flavor, which is … |
2020/01/20 |
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Biopsychosocial, Translational
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2020-01-20 09:45:37 |
Boredom
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Why, when we should be paying attention to something repetitive, do we get bored? Being … |
2020/01/20 |
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Biopsychosocial, It’s a feature, Teaching
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2020-01-20 08:00:55 |
Confusion
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Why does learning involve confusion? Why don’t we just get gradually stronger as we learn, … |
2020/01/16 |
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It’s a feature, Teaching, Translational
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2020-01-16 10:50:16 |