Link Feast
Tuck into our latest round-up of the best psych and neuro links.
22 June 2012
Don’t Call a 9-Year-Old a “Psychopath”, says Discover magazine blogger Emily Willingham.
The UK Government’s Behavioural Insight Team, together with medic and Bad Science columnist Ben Goldacre, has published a new report into the use of RCTs in developing public policy (pdf).
Echoes of Gage – Florida teenager survives a harpoon passing straight through his head.
Rats and other animals laugh, does that mean they have a sense of humour? (Jesse Bering blog post for Scientific American).
The Laughing Brains Exhibit is one of twenty at the Royal Society’s Summer Exhibition, to be held between the 3rd and 8th of July.
This week’s All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 investigated deaths among people detained under the Mental Health Act (now on iPlayer).
New Scientist had an excellent cover feature on the creative benefits of mind wandering (£).
Scientific American had a cover feature on the evolution of altruism (£).
Why Crowded Coffee Shops Fire Up Your Creativity – it’s not all about the caffeine.
A damning new report says mental illness loses out in the NHS. Writing for the Guardian, Psychologist David Clark says the situation is inexcusable.