40 Superb Psychology Blogs. Forty of the best psychology blogs, chosen to give you a broad sweep of the most interesting content being produced online right now. The list is split into three sections: first are more general psychological blogs, followed by those with an academic slant, followed by condition specific and patient perspective blogs. Other than that the blogs are presented in no particular order. Updated Sep 2012 to reflect blogs that are now inactive. General: PsyBlog: The blog you’re reading right now—you should subscribe to PsyBlog here.MindHacks: links to psychological goodness from all around the web.
(Now inactive) Cognitive Daily: in-depth coverage of cognitive psychology research.The Last Psychiatrist: thoughtful, iconoclastic perspective from a practising psychiatrist.Channel N: brain and behaviour videos.BPS Research Digest: accessibly covers new psychological research. More academic: Condition specific/patient perspective blogs: Panic! Psychology Class Notes. How to Plant Ideas in Someone's Mind. Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Spot The Fake Smile. That Couldn't Just Be Coincidence! Lucid Dreaming Frequently Asked Questions Answered by The Lucidity Institute. Blog. My new book on sleep and dreaming, Night School, is published today. It has been 2 years in the making and so I am very excited to see it out there! Based on research, mass-participation experiments and the world’s largest archive of dream reports, it reveals how to… …get the best night’s sleep of your life …discover what your dreams really mean …learn information while you sleep ….banish jet-lag, nightmares and snoring To give you a flavour of the material, here are 7 surprising facts about sleep and dreaming… 1) If you want to feel sleepy when you head to bed …Banish the blues: Blue light from computer screen and smartphones keeps you awake. 2) If you want to fall asleep quickly…Use positive imagery and the paradox principle: First, imagine yourself in a very pleasant scenario. 3) If you lie in bed feeling worried …The list: If you have a lot on your mind, make a list of all of the things that you have to do the next day.
I hope you enjoy Night School! Why Atheism Will Replace Religion. Atheists are heavily concentrated in economically developed countries, particularly the social democracies of Europe (Barber, 2012). In underdeveloped countries, there are virtually no atheists . Atheism is thus a peculiarly modern phenomenon. Why do modern conditions produce atheism? First, as to the distribution of atheism in the world, a clear pattern can be discerned.
In sub-Saharan Africa there is almost no atheism (Zuckerman, 2007). Belief in God declines in more developed countries and is concentrated in Europe in countries such as Sweden (64% nonbelievers), Denmark (48%), France (44%) and Germany (42%). The question of why economically developed countries turn to atheism has been batted around by anthropologists for about eighty years. Atheists are more likely to be college-educated people who live in cities and they are highly concentrated in the social democracies of Europe. Even the psychological functions of religion face stiff competition today. References. The Top 10 Psychology Studies of 2010. The end of 2010 fast approaches, and I'm thrilled to have been asked by the editors of Psychology Today to write about the Top 10 psychology studies of the year.
I've focused on studies that I personally feel stand out, not only as examples of great science, but even more importantly, as examples of how the science of psychology can improve our lives. Each study has a clear "take home" message, offering the reader an insight or a simple strategy they can use to reach their goals , strengthen their relationships, make better decisions, or become happier. If you extract the wisdom from these ten studies and apply them in your own life, 2011 just might be a very good year. 1) How to Break Bad Habits If you are trying to stop smoking , swearing, or chewing your nails, you have probably tried the strategy of distracting yourself - taking your mind off whatever it is you are trying not to do - to break the habit. You may also have realized by now that it doesn't work. J. J. M. J. 47 Mind-Blowing Psychology-Proven Facts You Should Know About Yourself. I’ve decided to start a series called 100 Things You Should Know about People.
As in: 100 things you should know if you are going to design an effective and persuasive website, web application or software application. Or maybe just 100 things that everyone should know about humans! The order that I’ll present these 100 things is going to be pretty random. So the fact that this first one is first doesn’t mean that’s it’s the most important.. just that it came to mind first.
Dr. All about placebos | Yes, I Can! by Robin Nixon. Placebos are very strange things; inactive substances that make us feel better (or worse) simply because we think that they will. This video explains just how bizarre it all is, and shows just how powerful the human mind is. I think you’ll find it fascinating. In medical research, placebos are given as control treatments and depend on the use of measured deception.
Common placebos include inert tablets and procedures based on false information. For a modern drug to be given the go-ahead by bodies such as the Food and Drug Administration in America, it must be shown to be significantly superior in effect to a placebo. And given that placebos generally have a 30% effect (or work 30% of the time), that’s a high hurdle over which to leap. Incredibly, though, it has been found that even when someone knows they are taking a placebo it can still have the same 30% effect. Stumblers: If you like this post please give it a thumbs up – thanks!
The Secret Benefits of Procrastination | Culture. Photo Credit: Chandrashan Perera via Shutterstock July 2, 2012 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Our society is obsessed with productivity and efficiency, and we despise procrastination. The early Americans imported the Earl of Chesterfield’s admonition: “No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.” And then, beginning in the 1970s, the do-it-now anti-procrastination industry burst onto the scene.
Over time we began to feel terribly guilty about procrastinating, yet we did it even more. But it wasn’t always so. Many iconic figures have been inveterate procrastinators, from St. When the Wall Street Journal recently reported on some “fans of procrastination,” several psychologists who research procrastination shot back.
Academics who study procrastination fall into camps with about as much in common as the tribes of Afghanistan.
The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect. 5 Psychological Experiments That Prove Humanity is Doomed. Cracked.com's new book is now on sale. What follows is one of 22 classic articles that appear in the book, along with 18 new articles that you can't read anywhere else. Psychologists know you have to be careful when you go poking around the human mind because you're never sure what you'll find there. A number of psychological experiments over the years have yielded terrifying conclusions about the subjects. Oh, we're not talking about the occasional psychopath who turns up. The Asch Conformity Experiment (1953) The Setup: Solomon Asch wanted to run a series of studies that would document the power of conformity, for the purpose of depressing everyone who would ever read the results. Subjects were told that they would be taking part in a vision test, along with a handful of people.
The Result: Questions the subjects were asked were like the puzzle shown here: All they had to do was say which line on the right matched the one on the left. ... and make sure you conform to it perfectly. C. Index of free personality tests and intelligence tests. Try It Yourself.