Neurological Correlates

OK, time to close the book on adolescent self-indulgent angst-like introspection: on blogging.
After the Research Bloggers complained that I wasn’t research-y enough, (although they did backtrack a bit), I thought about it and concluded they were correct, in that I’m really not interested in the “gee-whiz” science so much as “what can this science do [...]

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Brain Scans as Mind Readers? Dont Believe the Hype
This is just a link to a terrific article in Wired magazine by Dr. Daniel Carlat. Dr. Carlat goes through various types of brain scanning and meets with different neuroimaging experts. He concludes that his own neuroimaging, in its present state, is useless for [...]

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Nevermind that I haven’t read the book I’m about to review — this post is about white-shoe whistleblowers.

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It claims that female genital mutilation is no basis for allowing asylum claims, as once the mutilation has already occurred, there is no reason to believe that you would be further persecuted.

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Here’s the math:
About 1.8 million Islamic Jihadists (although only about 300,000-400,000 on the government list)
About 1 Trillion for the war (conservatively)
$1 trillion/1.8 million = $555,555 each
That’s enough to get a Mullah to retire and move to Scottsdale.

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This post is about health care costs — but let me digress into how end-of-life decision- making came onto my radar. A few years ago, as the Terri (Schindler) Schiavo tragedy played out during prime time, I went to see Bodyworlds, at a museum near the medical school downtown. While leaning over the light table, [...]

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The Clinton Neuron
Neurodemocracy, you gotta love it. Branding, celebrity and politics — all evoke neurological responses in primitive brain areas. How can the candidates best position themselves to have the best neurological response in swing voters?
I have some advice. Free! For Senator Clinton, first, promise Pamela Anderson a cabinet post.

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Raindrops on Roses by leobaby 727 on Flickr
Some selected posts from others in Research Blogging that I found of particular interest (thank you fellow bloggers):

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In honor of the Oscars®, here is a neuro-movie review about a movie that came out in 2006 — Wordplay (here’s the link to the official site, and the link to the Rotten Tomatoes site). (Yes, it was out in 2006, so I’m a year late. ) This post will ultimately be about hemispheric [...]

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Professor Henry Higgins:
Noted Wonderer of “Why Can’t A Woman Be More Like A Man?”Whereas the More Economically Efficient Question Would Be “Why Can’t A Man Be More Like A Woman?”

Selmi, M.L. (2008). The Work-Family Conflict: An Essay on Employers, Men and Responsibility. University of St. Thomas Law Journal, 1(1), 1-24.
SSRN suggested citation: Selmi, [...]

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Jose Canseco, the noted baseball player and author of “Juiced“, was busy as a bee pollinating major league baseball with knowledge and practices for steroid and growth hormone use. (Here’s the link on Docuticker). This strikes me as similar to the stock option backdating scenario — interlocking boards of directors and using the [...]

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Research Blogging
 
Neurological Correlates is now approved to use the “Research Blogging” logo for posts discussing peer-reviewed research. These posts will also show up on the Research Blogging web site.
 
From the Research Blogging “about me” page:
 
Research Blogging is a community-run non-profit organization. The organization was created by bloggers for bloggers, with the input [...]

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I lurve Social Science Research Network, and this is why: a paper proposing doing away with many laws, in favor of a “How’s My Driving?” system for everyone and everything.
Strahilevitz, Lior, “‘How’s My Driving?’ for Everyone (and Everything?)” . NYU Law Review, Vol. 81, p. 1699, November 2006 Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=899144
Full abstract after the [...]

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I just got done watching all 77 minutes of Dr. Zimbardo’s lecture about why good people do evil things — which he has written about in a book called, “The Lucifer Effect.” I haven’t read the book, so this brief review is only about the lecture.
Here’s a clip from the daily show:

Dr. Zimbardo, comparing the [...]

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“Dopamine Futures” original art by Swivelchair
(all rights, if any totally waived, copy it all you want).
If you compare a screen shot of on-line gambling with a screen shot of on-line stock trading, they look very similar. That is probably because humans are hard wired for rewards — if you hunt and are successful, [...]

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