Articles in the Category: Psychology

2012 Hoax Debunked

2012 Hoax Debunked
2012 is becoming the conspiratorial talk of the town. And a new Sony Pictures disaster movie by the same name only seems to be confusing matters. NASA even posted a Q & A page on its Web site. Here’s the gist of the kitchen sink hoax. It starts with the end of the Mayan calendar, adds a mystery...

Dan Brown’s Quantum Entanglement

Dan Brown’s Quantum Entanglement
Entangled Photons and The Lost Symbol Avid fiction aficionados have anxiously awaited author Dan Brown’s latest rip-snorting adventure through the mysterious. The Lost Symbol is Brown’s new book, which features the largely unknown field of noetic sciences as a means to move his plot along. Loosely...

Tax Minded

Tax Minded
William Harbaugh, Ulrich Mayr, and Dan Burghart When the tax man comes calling most people do not feel a sense of satisfaction or pleasure. But new research from Oregon may have found the part of the brain that enjoys giving money away—especially if it’s voluntary. pp_flashembed( 'powerpress_player_6878', {src:...