August 31, 2007
2007-08-31 Spike activity:
Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:
Fantastic article in The Boston Globe on the neuroscience of gambling by Frontal Cortex author Jonah Lehrer.
PsyBlog has wonderful post on the neglected area of the psychology of courage.
Scientific American reports that 'perfect pitch' - the ability to identify a musical note without reference to other notes on the scale - is partly genetic, and might be accounted for by a single gene. NPR has a radio segment on the same.
Psychiatrist David Olds writes in SciAm Observations and discusses whether 'bad genes' can be adaptive, or whether they always raise the risk for mental disorder.
BBC News reports that a clinical trial has found hypnosis to be effective in easing discomfort during breast cancer surgery.
OmniBrain finds sailing-close-to-the-wind humorous video from The Onion: World's Oldest Neurosurgeon Turns 100.
BBC News reports on an Afghan community drug addiction clinic that treats opium addicted women.
Cognitive Daily recommends some fresh new psychology and neuroscience blogs.
Study tracks brain during different levels of fear, reports SciAm.
Suicide by ball-point pen. Retrospectacle finds a most remarkable brain scan.
Phantom erection after penis amputation. Neurophilosophy discovers a most remarkable case study.
