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Poor Man's Polygraph Part 5

Poor Man's Polygraph Part 5 http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/let-their-words-do-the-talking/201012/poor-mans-polygraph-part-5
http://www.mindcafe.org/2010/02/01/readmind/

How to Read Someone’s Mind |

Reading someone's mind
The single biggest “push back” I get from people when I share about how building practices into their life can unleash new ideas and help them be more productive goes something like this: “Yeah, that’s great, but I really just don’t have the time.”

Do you really need more time?

http://www.accidentalcreative.com/creating/do-you-need-more-time
http://www.oprah.com/health/PTSD-and-MDMA-Therapy-Medical-Uses-of-Ecstasy/

PTSD and MDMA Therapy - Medical Uses of Ecstasy

MDMA, the active ingredient in the drug Ecstasy, has been reviled as a menace and even a killer. Now some therapists claim it can help light the way out of a traumatic past.

The Dark Side of Self-Control

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-success/201009/the-dark-side-self-control Why do people drink too much, eat too much, smoke cigarettes, take drugs , or have sex with people they've just met? What's to blame for all this bad behavior?
This list is a follow up to Top 10 Common Faults in Human Thought . Thanks for everyone’s comments and feedback; you have inspired this second list!

10 More Common Faults in Human Thought

http://listverse.com/2010/04/12/10-more-common-faults-in-human-thought/
Ask someone for tips on proper study skills, and you’re likely going to get an answer that ranges from “study in a quiet, sealed room” to “drink a sip of water each time you need to remember a fact.” But from folksy suggestions to ideas based in actual science, study skills are just about how well you train your brain to absorb information. The New York Times reports that scientists have determined a few simple techniques that can enable a student to absorb more information. http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/experts-rethink-good-study-habits

Experts rethink good study habits

The Mind (Backup)

“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”

When Insults Had Class

http://www.allowe.com/Humor/book/When%20Insults%20Had%20Class.htm
The idea that global evaluations about a person bleed over into judgements about their specific traits.

Halo Effect

Tracking the tell-tale signs of pure genius

How all this is produced by 100 billion of the little wisps known as neurons is surely one of the last great mysteries in science.
In the last twenty years, brain imaging studies have revealed that musical training has dramatic effects on the brain.

Do musicians have different brains?

F or thousands of generations we humans grew up in nature.

Ecology of the Mind