January 19, 2007
2007-01-19 Spike activity:
Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
The New York Times reports on effective non-drug treatments and behavioural techniques for children with mental disorder.
BBC News reports that mental health drugs are over-prescribed (is this news?). BBC graphics watchers may note that the standard mental health graphic has changed from a man looking out the window to an attractive girl in white trousers.
PsyBlog's wonderful series on the psychology of emotions continues. Check it out for the latest installments.
The Neurocritic has a fantastic post on a Suzanne Vega song about phantoms limbs (really) and the latest treatments for the post-amputation experience.
See what's hot in consciousness research: Deric Bownds has a list of the most frequently download academic articles on consciousness.
News on an upcoming conference on fMRI lie detection.
A video of psychedelic and imperceptibly shifting artwork generated by neural networks has been tracked down by Neurofuture.
ShrinkRap considers research on treatments for injecting speed users: Abilify (an antipsychotic) or Ritalin (another form of speed).
Is this a sentient machine? Neurophilosopher publishes a follow-up to an earlier post on whether machines can be sentient.
More on childhood amnesia from Developing Intelligence - what is the role of the important memory skill source monitoring?
SciAm reports on research that suggests that daydreaming is a necessary function of the brain.
