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Does completing a thesis make you a better practicing psychologist?
I am a strong believer in the importance of the scientist-practitioner model for psychology. I think that training in the scientific method is a major component of what makes a person trained in psychology more employable.
In many jurisdictions, a…
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Is procrastination associated with overweight?
I came to think of how working out requires a will to "get things done". Some people are successful in their career while working regularly out at the same time, and some people are procrastinating both exercise and career related actions. To "get…
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Is it possible to distinguish recall and calculation?
Say I ask subjects what $20 \cdot 20$ is. Is there any way, besides introspection, to evaluate whether subjects recalled the answer or calculated the answer? In general, I would expect that the recalled answer would be presented faster, however…
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What happens psychologically to a Robinson Crusoe?
In 2000 film Cast Away Tom Hanks's hero is stranded on an uninhabited island, Robinson Crusoe style, and after a while starts talking to a volleyball. And I thought: what would actually happen to a person with total social isolation (not necessarily…
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Biologically plausible cognitive model of Wisconsin card sorting task
As discussed previously, there are a wide range of models that have been applied to the Wisconsin card sorting task. However, which one is most biologically plausible? That is, uses a realistic model of neurons, respects the constraints of the human…
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Is it possible to become addicted to sleep deprivation?
Background: After staying awake for an entire night without sleeping medication, some individuals report feeling tired while others report feeling euphoric and at some point begin to hallucinate with funny noises endlessly…
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What are presynaptic puncta?
What are presynaptic puncta? And what makes them different from presynaptic terminals?
I encountered the term puncta in the following article:
Molofsky AV, Kelley KW, Tsai HH, Redmond SA, Chang SM, Madireddy L, Chan JR, Baranzini SE, Ullian EM,…
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Comparative functional neuroanatomy: humans & octopodes
Cephalopod brains are toroidal (high surface area to volume ratios!), with the esophagus passing through the, uh, donut hole; octopodes are very intelligent, particularly spatially.
Where can I find more information on the functional and anatomical…
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Are there any theories suggesting mindfulness is the opposite mental state to self-regulation?
Meditation practice focuses on emotional acceptance (Teper & Inzlicht, 2013), and self-regulation is related to emotional control (Braumeister, 2003). Could someone provide me with pointers to some models/theories or related literature (if there is…
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What is the meaning of "little efferent input" to retina?
Gollisch & Meister (2010) state that "the retina receives little efferent input from the brain" (p. 157). Could anyone describe what exactly this "little efferent input" (where it originates, whether it is present in primates, its function ...) is…
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What is the result of an excess of dopamine?
I'm pretty familiar with the results of having not enough dopamine, though the reasons are not so clear to me.
To get a better insight on the topic I'd like to know something about having too much dopamine:
What behaviour is result of having too…
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Does fixing cognitive biases do more harm than use?
The Kahneman–Tversky interpretation of biases as deviation from rationality was challenged by Gigerenzer on the basis that heuristics help making decisions and, thus, rational from the evolutionary point of view.
What drawbacks of "fixing" biases…
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Gender differences in IQ among undergraduate psychology students
While marking undergraduate coursework relating to gender differences,
it occurred to me that there could well be systematic effects of gender on IQ among the undergraduate populations relied on for so much of psychological research.
My impression…
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What are the appraisals tendencies for fear and anger?
I understand the actions tendencies for fear and anger. For example: We might verbally insult someone when we are angry. We might feel like running away when we are afraid.
According to appraisal theory, each specific emotion leads us to make…
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Introductory resources on developmental psychology/neuroscience
I'd like to be able to answer questions such as:
What neuro/psychological functions underly competences such as empathy (or others - see background below)?
What neurotransmitters are of particular importance in those functions?
What genes are known…
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