Cheap Trick has been around since the ’70′s and ’80′s, and I never thought about being a fan. Through a friend’s cousin’s friend, I snagged a free ticket — a V.I.P. free ticket — to a show last night. (Cell…
Monthly Archives: December 2007
From Proventia, “Does child abuse affect brain development?”
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In the ovarian lottery, we are born human babies ready to adapt to our surroundings. Dr. Vitelli at Proventia posted on how child abuse – sexual, physical, emotional, verbal, witnessing the abuse of others — affects brain development. (This was…
Hapmap update: Evolution speeding up; schizophrenia DNA very homozygous and looks like recessive selection
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Which is better, for genes to change or for them to stay the same? Is it better to evolve or devolve? According to new hapmap data, evolution is accelerating with increasing human density and migration. We are evolving more quickly…
Snakes in Suits and Mean Girls Are Similarly Machiavellian
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Given the gender-iffic diva in Parle a Ma Main, this paper just seems to fit. “The myth of the alpha male: A new look at dominance-related beliefs and behaviors among adolescent males and female,” Patricia H. Hawley, Todd D. Little,…
Neuromarketing: Dogs eat what their doggie-parent likes
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From Prato-Previde E, Marshall-Pescini S, Valsecchi P., Istituto di Psicologia, Università di Milano, Via T. Pini 1, 20134, Milan, Italy, emanuela.pratoprevide@unimi.it., Anim Cogn. 2008 Jan;11(1):167-74, “Is your choice my choice? The owners’ effect on pet dogs’ (Canis lupus familiaris) performance…
Parle a ma main
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Fatal Bazooka Feat Yelle – Parle a Ma Main(Addendum: This is a Gwen Stefani satire — adult theme, but hilarious, imo. It’s in French — English translation after the jump (via Babelfish, so not that great)) Happy 2008! Pure fluff!…
Neuroeconomics and neuromarketing: Trust me, I’m your brain
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Little American Brown Weasel The Top Two Inches has an interesting blog post about dating, called, “Dating — Don’t Do It“. Interesting read, and it got me thinking about trust. Trust is first built in one part of the brain,…
Fragile X is possibly fixable!
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Neuron — Dölen et al. New report: Potential relief for Fragile X sufferers. Fragile X can be simulated in a mouse if you knock out a gene (FMR1). If you further block a receptor — called mGlu5 (metabotropic glutamate receptor…
Brain scan shows when people think you’re lying
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Jury consultants, start your engines Let’s say your client — the one with the violent past, long rap sheet, and general air of no credibilitiy whatsoever — is on trial for murder. He tells his story: “The other dude did…
More Psychopaths
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More on psychopaths. I was watching a tv show last night where an FBI criminal profiler provided running commentary to Charles Manson‘s interview from some time ago. Basically, she (the FBI profiler) was interpreting Manson’s 1987-on camera statements in light…