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<\/p>\nQuick links from the past week in mind and brain news:<\/p>\n
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Sex addiction is a feminist victory<\/a>, according to an article in Slate<\/i>, apparently because it allows man shaming. Malevolence-based medicine rears its ugly head.<\/p>\n The BPS Research Digest<\/i> covers research finding CBT-based self-help<\/a> books might do more harm than good for people who worry a lot.<\/p>\n The public are asked for their opinion<\/a> on the recent news that The Lancet retracts the Wakefield autism paper, by The Onion<\/i>.<\/p>\n Neurophilosophy<\/i> has an excellent piece on big news that the first evidence for navigation essential grid cells<\/a> in the human brain.<\/p>\n Why does time fly<\/a> by as you get older? NPR<\/i> has a great segment that tackles the cognitive science of changing time perception with age.<\/p>\n Neuroskeptic<\/i> has an excellent piece on a new fMRI scanning technique<\/a> that manages 10 scans a second over a thin slice. If you’re not reading Neuroskeptic, you should be, it’s great.<\/p>\n Any Freemasonry in the family? The Independent<\/i> has a piece on one man’s experience<\/a> of trying gay ‘conversion’ ‘therapy’ in the UK.<\/p>\n The Economist<\/i> looks to the February 10th release<\/a> of the first draft of the new psychiatric manual, the DSM-V. Doesn’t mention that it is likely to unleash a bun-fight of biblical proportions.<\/p>\n Mind Hacks is a top 30 science blog according<\/a> to The Times<\/i> and a top 100 blog for psychology students according<\/a> to News42<\/i>. Shakira todav\u00eda no me ha llamado.<\/p>\n H+ Magazine<\/i> covers the announcement that the next $10 million X Prize<\/a> is for a brain-computer interface. I shall propose ‘fingers’ as my entry.<\/p>\n There’s a thought-provoking piece on whether racism is partly due to perceptual illusions<\/a> over at The Vision Revolution<\/i>.<\/p>\n Fora.tv<\/i> has an excellent talk<\/a> about the new book ‘The Harvard Psychedelic Club’ about how the psychedelic revolution emerged from the Harvard psychology department, based on the new book of the same name.<\/p>\n Reactive action is quicker action<\/a>, according to research covered by Not Exactly Rocket Science<\/i>.<\/p>\n Nature<\/i> has an excellent short article on writer Jorge Luis Borges<\/a> interest in neuroscience but it’s locked behind a paywall because this information can kill! It’s for your own good.<\/p>\n “We have buried Trials 15, 31, 56…” The Carlat Psychiatry Blog<\/i> covers jaw-dropping<\/a> evidence of drug companies Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca hiding evidence and lying about drug harm.<\/p>\n The Daily Mirror<\/i> has a poor write-up but a genius headline<\/a> over the recent internet and depression flap: “Does being inter the net bring you down loads?”<\/p>\n Is Telephony<\/a> Making Us Stupid? Carl Zimmer’s The Loom<\/i> covers Mark Twain’s article about the dangers of the telephone.<\/p>\n NPR<\/i> has a good short piece on Haiti, imposing Western ideas about \nhttp:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=122981850&ft=1&f=1001″>trauma<\/a> and how some treatment can do more harm than good.<\/p>\n Teaching abstinence<\/a> makes teens delay sex? Dr Petra<\/i> presents the evidence behind the media hype.<\/p>\n The Washington Post<\/i> reports that the US Defense Department starts an investigation<\/a> into military mental health care after an expos\u00e9 by Salon.<\/p>\n A new London exhibition<\/a> on the history of the ‘Bedlam’ hospital and the development of mental health care in the UK is covered by The Guardian<\/i>. Only runs until February 12th.<\/p>\n In the News<\/i> is a fantastic forensic psychology blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n