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<\/p>\nQuick links from the past week in mind and brain news:<\/p>\n
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The New York Times<\/i> discusses how a belladonna hallucination<\/a> could have been the start of alcoholics anonymous.<\/p>\n Dream<\/a> rehearsal helps remembering, according to a study covered by Not Exactly Rocket Science<\/i>.<\/p>\n The Times<\/i> covers breezy people who go around saying yaka-wow<\/a>. Some yaka-wow socks<\/a> are also in progress.<\/p>\n An interesting in-scanner set-up for live face-to-face interaction<\/a> during brain imaging experiments is covered by the BPS Research Digest<\/I>.<\/p>\n The Smithsonian Magazine<\/i> has an in-depth article on the neuroscience of how our brains make memories<\/a>.<\/p>\n There’s an excellent discussion how to delay instant gratification<\/a> and offset delay discounting with future thinking over at The Frontal Cortex<\/i>.<\/p>\n Nature News<\/i> covers genetic evidence suggesting that neanderthals may have interbred<\/a> with humans.<\/p>\n To the bunkers! New Scientist<\/i> covers the development of robots with sensing skin<\/a>.<\/p>\n Neurophilosophy<\/i> covers an interesting embodied cognition experiment where body movement<\/a> influenced memory and emotions.<\/p>\n How should we explain the origins<\/a> of novel behaviors? asks American Scientist<\/i>.<\/p>\n Neurotopia<\/i> discusses the neuroscience of ‘photic sneezing<\/a>‘ or why we sometimes sneeze when we look at the sun.<\/p>\n Evidence on the link between obesity and dementia<\/a> is discussed in The New York Times<\/i>.<\/p>\n PsyBlog<\/i> has an absolutely fascinating post on our tendency to be over-cynical about trusting<\/a> other people and how it can be overcome through accurate feedback of others’ trustworthiness.<\/p>\n Is there search for extra-terrestrial life missing the most likely signs of \nhttp:\/\/www.economist.com\/science-technology\/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15905827″>alien<\/a> intelligence? asks The Economist<\/i>.<\/p>\n Minds of the Edge<\/i> is a powerful documentary<\/a> and online resource about mental health in the states. You can view all online. <\/p>\n I keep forgetting how good<\/a> BrainBlogger<\/i> is. Note to self: remind me more often please.<\/p>\n New Scientist<\/i> has an article on Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, the ‘predictioneer<\/a>‘, whose game theory based model of political prediction has been remarkably accurate.<\/p>\n Visions of the brain. The Beautiful Brain<\/i> blog has a fantastic podcast<\/a> that talks to three artists about their approach to visualising inner landscapes.<\/p>\n Popular Science<\/i> have video of the autonomous garbage collecting ‘dustbot<\/a>‘ designed to wander your neighbourhood. To the bunkers!<\/p>\n Is memory for music<\/a> special? Asks Dr Shock<\/i>. Apparently it is not.<\/p>\n