Articles in the Category: Psychology
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Health and Medicine, Physiology, Psychology, The Brain, Video on 03 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

Texas Oil Tycoon Pushes the Edges of Science

Texas Oil Tycoon Pushes the Edges of Science
Just because Texas oil tycoon Tom Slick died in a plane crash in 1962 doesn’t mean his vision died with him. In fact, his legacy has grown a few lone-star state institutions that bring in over $1 billion a year to the San Antonio area. The Southwest Research Institute and the Texas Biomedical...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Physiology, Psychology, The Brain, Video on 12 29th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Science of Generosity

Science of Generosity
Is there a gene that determines how generous you are? That’s one of the questions that a new research initiative at the University of Notre Dame hopes to answer. The new Science of Generosity Initiative has just finished funding 13 projects that will help science (mostly social science) better...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Anthropology, Astronomy, Featured Articles, Math, Physics and Chemistry, Psychology, SciClips on 11 10th, 2009 | 6 Comments

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...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Books, Featured Articles, Physics and Chemistry, Psychology, SciClips, The Brain on 09 17th, 2009 | No Comments

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...
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Economics, Health and Medicine, Physiology, Podcast, Psychology, SciClips on 06 14th, 2007 | No Comments

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. Tax Minded [ 1:11...
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