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<\/p>\nQuick links from the past week in mind and brain news:<\/p>\n
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Decorative illustrations of women scientists<\/a> improves girls’ test scores on a chemistry test, according to research covered by Big Think<\/i>.<\/p>\n The Philosopher’s Zone<\/i> from ABC Radio National had a great discussion of Nietzsche<\/a> and his idea of the ‘will to power’.<\/p>\n fMRI<\/a> in 1000 words. An excellent piece from Neuroskeptic<\/i> discusses the technology behind the popular neuroimaging technique, minus the analysis.<\/p>\n All in the Mind<\/i> (the BBC version) has just started a new series<\/a>. Still a little bit starched but (at bloody last) available as a podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n Spanish paper El Pa\u00eds<\/i> has a barnstorming piece on El mito de la adicci\u00f3n a Internet [The myth<\/a> of internet addiction] which kindly quotes me.<\/p>\n The BPS Research Digest<\/i> has a fascinating piece on how men with brown eyes perceived as more dominant<\/a> but not because their eyes are brown.<\/p>\n A history of the ‘ultra pure heroin<\/a> flooding the streets’ scare story. A brief but revealing article in Slate<\/i>.<\/p>\n Neuron Culture<\/i> has a wonderfully eclectic link shower<\/a> featuring mechanical brides, lie detectors, enemies and risk taking.<\/p>\n The author of Drugstore Cowboy has just been arrested<\/a> again, aged 73, for robbing drugstores, reports The New York Times<\/i>.<\/p>\n Neurophilosophy<\/i> covers a lovely study finding that watching forward or back computer motion directs<\/a> idle thoughts to the future or past.<\/p>\n Does age mediate susceptibility to cognitive biases<\/a>? asks Barking Up the Wrong Tree<\/i>.<\/p>\n Wired<\/i> discusses Aperger’s<\/a>, institutionalisation and ex-hacker Adrian Lamo.<\/p>\n Remember the two teenagers who died after reportedly taking now-banned ‘legal high’ mephedrone<\/a>? BBC News<\/i> reports on toxicology tests that found no such drug in their bodies. Another triumph for media-driven drugs policies.<\/p>\n The Globe and Mail<\/i> reports on research investigating the brain effects of poverty<\/a>, although doesn’t delve too deep into which aspects of poverty may be having the effects.<\/p>\n The late Syd Barrett<\/a> of psychedelic pioneers Pink Floyd warrants a short article in The American Journal of Psychiatry<\/i>.<\/p>\n Science News<\/i> reports on research finding that a version of gene 5-HTT makes children more vulnerable to the effect of bullying<\/a>.<\/p>\n Leading psychiatrist Peter Tyrer slams the UK governments Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder \nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/society\/2010\/may\/26\/dangerous-killers-200m-plan-waste”>programme<\/a>, reports The Guardian<\/i>. There is some defence<\/a> of the scheme in The Psychologist<\/i>.<\/p>\n In The News<\/i> has an excellent analysis of US laws aimed at marking out sex offenders and their unintended side-effects<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cynthia Pomerleau, author of Why Women Smoke is interviewed<\/a> on the excellent Addiction Inbox<\/i>.<\/p>\n Wired Science<\/i> reports that a shot of testosterone makes people more suspicious<\/a> of each other.<\/p>\n Racial bias weakens our ability to feel someone else\u2019s pain<\/a>, according to research covered by Not Exactly Rocket Science<\/i>.<\/p>\n