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The pros and cons of the time travelling mind
26/11/2016 - 13:19
If you are meeting some friends for lunch, your prospective memory reminds you to turn up on the right day, but you can also picture... →
The myth of the mob
28/10/2016 - 14:00
Political rallies can also become violent, although they often begin peacefully enough. Then there are spontaneous riots, usually sparked... →
Four ways that other people can warp your memory
23/10/2016 - 13:59
These are not rare events. Every time you have a conversation, you are inviting someone to ghost-write bits of your autobiography. It... →
How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math
05/10/2016 - 14:30
Learning math and then science as an adult gave me passage into the empowering world of engineering. But these hard-won, adult-age changes... →
The benefits of going bald
02/10/2016 - 12:40
Alas, it didn’t work. He lost his hair like many great men before and since, including Socrates, Napoleon, Aristotle, Gandhi, Darwin,... →
Judging levels of drunkenness
22/09/2016 - 12:58
Professor Simon Moore from Cardiff University said: “This has very important implications for how we might work to reduce excessive alcohol... →
How curiosity can protect the mind from bias
08/09/2016 - 11:58
The political lens There is now a mountain of evidence to show that politics doesn’t just help predict people’s views on some scientific... →
Wash your hands before eating
31/07/2016 - 12:37
It was only in the early 1900s that British doctors realised that the housefly could carry disease on its bristly legs: flies were a major... →
Prejudice is not always overt. It's called 'microaggression'
07/07/2016 - 11:53
The people perpetrating these microaggressions may be completely unaware that they hold a prejudiced view. Psychologists distinguish... →
How to Become Superman
13/05/2016 - 17:51
Nevertheless, numerous lines of research, particularly on athletes, have given us compelling insights into the physiological and... →
Chemonoia; the fear blinding our minds to real dangers
18/03/2016 - 13:42
The origins of chemonoia can be traced to the 1960s, with mounting concerns about the use of pesticides such as DDT. The cheerleader of... →
The man who studies the spread of ignorance
17/02/2016 - 14:32
Proctor had found that the cigarette industry did not want consumers to know the harms of its product, and it spent billions obscuring the... →

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