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5 papers to cut through the psychobabble

December 5, 2011
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Sometimes a cigar is related to dopamine receptor variants.

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We called it: Psychopath brain disconnects and reduced functions

December 1, 2011
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Data, finally.

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We’re rs53576 GG, the prosocial oxytocin receptor variant, the one you can tell in 20 seconds. Does that make us a psychopath target?

November 21, 2011
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According to a recent report, people can tell you have a prosocial-form of the oxytocin receptor gene after observing you for 20 seconds. Couldn't you tell?

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Synchronous drumming, like some addiction processes, is associated with brain reward areas.

November 18, 2011
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Are drummers biologically predisposed to self-destruct?

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Dateline, UC Berkeley: Chancellor Birgeneau et al. are a bunch of weasels. (See e mail to UC Berkeley Community)

November 16, 2011
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This e mail is one of the weaseliest memos we've ever seen. It went out to zillions of students at UC Berkeley yesterday. Plus, must-hear occupycal speech by Robert...

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Boo Hoo. We aren’t at Neuroscience 2011 and we wouldn’t qualify for a press pass anyway. But if we were there, here are some abstracts we’d blog about..

November 15, 2011
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Seney ML, Kelly DA, Goldman BD, Šumbera R, Forger NG (2009) Social Structure Predicts Genital Morphology in African Mole-Rats. PLoS ONE 4(10): e7477. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007477.g001, via Wikimedia commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic

Society for Neuroscience establishment shuns us, and so we're left with our nose pressed against the window watching everyone else having a good time.

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News Dispatch, dateline, UC Berkeley: What’s really going on. (Video)

November 14, 2011
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UC Berkeley Psych 101 Fall 2011 student extra credit presentations.

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From TED: Paul Zak: Trust, morality — and oxytocin (video)

November 3, 2011
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(((hugs)))

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OWOWOWOWOW

October 31, 2011
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Weird: Our first ARPANET communique way back when was from someone who wrote, "OWOWOWOWOW."

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Neurolaw: Pre-nups and SNPS

October 28, 2011
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Counselors, consider the concept of "consent" among those who are biologically incapable of commitment.

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From the archives: Neurolaw in Deadwood: Lawlessness and revenge. First posted October 18, 2010

October 27, 2011
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We said this time was different. See our post from a year ago.

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Facial phenotypes and perceiving faces

October 26, 2011
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Do facial phenotypes tell a developmental bio?

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Interesting links: Popular press on “psychopaths”

October 17, 2011
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Latest buzz on psychopathy.

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Occupy Wall Street: Organizational skills

October 16, 2011
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Will the protests degrade into splinter groups or result in action? We have some suggestions.

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Make you feel my love, which is different from understanding my love but not necessarily feeling it

October 11, 2011
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Adele

Readers, I'd go hungry. I'd go black and blue. I'd go crawling. Down the avenue. No, there's nothing. That I wouldn't do. To make you feel my...

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Welp, there’s goes the privacy: fMRIs can tell you what you think and see

October 10, 2011
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According to my insula, I'm evaluating whether this is unfair.

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In support of Occupy Wall Street et al.

September 30, 2011
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No one wants to be another brick in the wall, and owe the wall money for the privilege.

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How about a video game for contagious yawning?

September 28, 2011
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We only got 3 hours sleep last night.

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Three SHOCKING things about looking at angry faces – Free!

September 27, 2011
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Things your amygdala doesn't want you to know.

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Oh yeah, we forgot: former head of FDA Obesity Working Group got 3 years probation for conflicts of interest

September 23, 2011
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Yes, obesity as the new smoking. In any event, we forgot the former FDA commissioner's alleged criminal conflict of interest after chairing the Obesity Working Group at the FDA,...

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Successful Psychopath: Dr. James Fallon (video)

September 21, 2011
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Q: What happens when a neuroscientist finds out that by all neuroimaging, genetic, family history, narrative, and psychological measures he is a psychopath? A: He doesn't care.

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Successful psychopaths: How to succeed in business without really trying

September 12, 2011
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Nothing succeeds like success.

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