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Help APA Anti-Torture Candidate Win Election - (USA)
Monday, December 1, will be the last day members of the American Psychological Association can vote for president of the organization. Members can vote online at this link. They should cast their vote for the only progressive candidate standing for election, Steven J. Reisner, Ph.D. According to the ranked nature of the APA ballot, members must mark Dr. Reisner #1 on the ballot. In a letter to his supporters, Steven describes his opponents' tactics: The APA leadership has mounted a coordinate
http://www.neverinournames.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2641
Seed: The Transcript: Tom Wolfe + Michael Gazzaniga - (USA)
We create and distribute original Science is Culture content that communicates science's fast-changing place in our culture to an international audience. Our mission is to help nurture a science-savvy global citizenry by increasing public interest in science and public understanding of science.
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2008/07/tom_wolfe_michael_gazzaniga.php
Bernard Baars - A Conscious Brain - Meanderings on Human Sentience... - (USA)
[image source] Bernard Baars is a cognitive (neuro)scientist interested in consciousness and related topics like volition and self, their brain basis and evolution, and ethical questions related to them. He's also interested in altered and “higher” states. See Wikipedia entry. This is a new blog, hosted by Nature Network, but it is off to an interesting start. A Conscious Brain - Meanderings on Human Sentience... The very word “consciousness” used to be something of a taboo in the scientifi
http://integral-options.blogspot.com/2008/11/bernard-baars-conscious-brain.html
How Prozac sent the science of depression in the wrong direction - The Boston Globe - (USA)
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/07/06/head_fake/
Convenience and Comfort of Online Stock Trading - (USA)
by Sheryl Bocelli With the use of the computer, online stock trading has allowed buyers or sellers in transacting directly by themselves through the Internet. The online stock trading has offered traders and investors some dollar savings on brokers fee. These are charging the traders and investors certain minimum percentage allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. You easily find almost everything you need with online stock trading. You can take a good look on the sites at the s
http://bloggerstools.com/convenience-and-comfort-of-online-stock-trading/
The Financial Fire Trucks Are Gathering - (USA)
The Financial Fire Trucks Are Gathering “It will therefore be crucial that you see the world anew. That means looking from the outside in to reanalyze much that you have probably taken for granted. This will enable you to come to an understanding. If you fail to transcend conventional thinking at a time when conventional thinking is losing touch with reality, then you will be more likely to fall prey to an epidemic of disorientation that lies ahead. Disorientation breeds mistakes that could
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/the-financial-fire-trucks-are-gathering/
Your brain lies to you - International Herald Tribune - (USA)
Your brain lies to you
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/29/opinion/edwang.php
Looking At Pursuing A Career In Psychology - (USA)
Author : Scott Salter Think of major subject of study that is only 125 years young and is taking the world by storm! This is how one can probably describe psychology Psychology is a subject of study that shouldn't be taken lightly Psychology is a science that deals with human behavior as well as non humans - animals Its study finds its roots in biology and touches on many areas in sociology, trying to seek a relationship between the brain functions and the behavior or the relationship betwee
http://www.truevisionary.com/2009/08/looking-at-pursuing-a-career-in-psychology/
Pros and Cons of Online Stock Trading - (USA)
by Sheryl BocelliThere are commodities that are best for online stock trading and these are the ones that can get most of the market’s attention. With the use of the computer, online stock trading has allowed buyers or sellers in transacting directly by themselves through the Internet. Brokers are charging the traders and investors certain minimum percentage allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The online stock trading has offered traders and investors some dollar savings on broke
http://vroongel.com/pros-and-cons-of-online-stock-trading-20090811
Convenience and Comfort of Online Stock Trading - (USA)
by Sheryl Bocelli There are commodities that are best for online stock trading and these are the ones that can get most of the market’s attention. With the use of the computer, online stock trading has allowed buyers or sellers in transacting directly by themselves through the Internet. Brokers are charging the traders and investors certain minimum percentage allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The online stock trading has offered traders and investors some dollar savings on br
http://www.ebooks-business.com/blog/softwares-and-scripts/convenience-and-comfort-of-online-stock-trading
Why not allow gay marriage? - (USA)
Between the popular vote to take away the marriage rights of same sex couples in California, passing of same-sex marriage bans in several states, and President elect Baraka Obama including full civil unions for LGBT couples as part of this civil rights platform, there has been a lot of recent attention on same sex relationships. Opponents of marriage rights for same sex couples generally argue that it redefines marriage away from its current and "traditional" form and that children are best ra
http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-sexual-continuum/200811/why-not-allow-gay-marriage
Stirring the Pot With the Women’s Food Movement - (USA)
One casual comment made by a girlfriend during a recent dinner at my house, got me thinking, deep, about women, and food, and politics. “You mean, you made the crust? From scratch?” My friend could not believe I had spent the time, and thought I was “too much”. No big deal, I assured her, it had only taken me a few minutes to mix in the flour, salt and butter, and to roll the dough. That’s when I realized how far we have strayed from our womanly ways with food. Somewhere in the midst of first wa
http://lamarguerite.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/stirring-the-pot-with-the-womens-food-movement/
‘Al’s Brain’ is declared a success, and OC Fair will produce more ‘feature exhibits’ - (USA)
First, we throw you this gossipy bone (and then we’ll tell you about the science applied to “ Al’s Brain,” and results of $12,000 -worth of polling, and the fair’s big visions for the future): It was spring. The script for Weird Al Yankovic’s somewhat controversial 3-D movie contained the crucial line, But Al, how does the brain work? It would be delivered by “a celebrity,” the script said. But who? The $2.5 million project’s premiere at the Orange County Fair was just three m
http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/11/fair-will-produce-more-spectacles-after-polling-shows-affection-for-als-brain/30601/
Emotion Makes Nose a Sharper Smeller - TIME - (USA)
Know how a whiff of certain odors can take you back in time, either to a great memory or bad one? It turns out emotion plays an even bigger role with the nose, and that your sense of smell actually can sharpen when something bad happens
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1726241,00.html
Quirkology - Welcome to Quirkology - (USA)
http://www.quirkology.com/UK/index.shtml
A Christian Perspective of Experiential Family Therapy - (USA)
In his book Man’s search for meaning (1985), Viktor Frankl states that more and more a psychiatrist is approached by patients who confront him with problems that would ideally be handled by a pastor, a rabbi or a priest. They want to know the meaning of life and yet most of them will not agree to be handed over to a clergy. Dr James Beck in his article, the integration of Psychology and Theology: An enterprise out of balance, suggests that “the mental health movement grows because of a relentle
http://relijournal.com/christianity/a-christian-perspective-of-experiential-family-therapy/
The Only Certainty - (USA)
Certainty #24: "Experiential knowledge can be certain and perhaps even is the only certainty, as so many philosophers have thought." —Abraham Harold Maslow, The Psychology of Science, 2004
http://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=3887
Cocktail Party Physics: survival of the fittest - (USA)
Physics With a Twist
http://twistedphysics.typepad.com/cocktail_party_physics/2008/03/survival-of-the.html
The Boy With The Incredible Brain - (USA)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4913196365903075662
Change Blindness - Natalie Angier - New York Times - (USA)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/science/01angi.html
Inside Jokes: Science Writer Jim Holt Explores Why We Laugh - (USA)
Get in-depth tech news coverage from Wired and read about how it is shaping culture, education, entertainment, communications and technology.
http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/16-07/st_holt
The Magical Number Seven - (USA)
http://www.musanim.com/miller1956/
Psychiatric Times - Psychiatric Times - (USA)
Psychiatric Times is the most widely read publication in the field of psychiatry. The Web site features outstanding columnists, compelling features, vital clinical news, intriguing special reports, career opportunities and the chance to earn Category 1 credit.
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/home
David Brin on Science and Science Fiction - (USA)
David Brin has kindly answered the ScienceOnline09 questions about science in science fiction by e-mail - I've posted them below. His responses are below. Peter Watts has also answered the questions on his blog, from both the scientist and science fiction writer points of view, and links to all of the responses so far are collected on the original post.Here are David Brin's responses:Questions for Science Fiction Writers• Why are you writing science fiction in particular? What does the scienc
http://sciencefictionbiology.blogspot.com/2008/11/david-brin-on-science-and-science.html
The Top 20 Most Bizarre Experiments of All Time - (USA)
A reference guide to hoaxes, pranks, practical jokes, frauds, tricks, and other forms of deception.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Top/experiments/P0/
Babies have an eye for statistics : Nature News - (USA)
Nature - the world's best science and medicine on your desktop
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080331/full/news.2008.713.html
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