December 03, 2007
SciAmMind on Smart Kids, Sex Bias and Psychopaths:
The latest Scientific American has just hit the shelves and two of the feature articles are available online: one with tips for raising hard-working and motivated children from developmental psychology research, and another on whether neuropsychology helps us understand the gender bias in fields like maths and physics.
However, there is another, stand out article on psychopaths that describes what the term actually means in psychology.
It's something that's commonly but wrongly confused with psychosis, largely because they're both unfortunately shortened to 'psycho', despite them being completely different.
This month, the articles in the print edition look particularly good. They cover everything from people who want to be amputees, to the psychology of terrorism, to psychedelic drug therapy, to phantom limbs and more.
Link to article on raising smart kids.
Link to article on gender and scientific achievement.
Link to article on psychopaths.
