Category: Articles
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The Secret’s Secret
Read more: The Secret’s SecretIn the New Yorker, a look at the roots of The Secret in Emersonian “New Thought.” [F]or much of its history, New Thought was viewed as a progressive project—a way to help ordinary citizens seize control of their fate. The historian Beryl Satter has argued that New Thought was, in large part, a women’s movement, and…
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Internet Daters are Not Losers (and 9 Other Research-Based Tips About Online Dating)
Read more: Internet Daters are Not Losers (and 9 Other Research-Based Tips About Online Dating)PsyBlog scans the research and comes up with 10 Psychological Insights About Online Dating. Number one: Internet daters are not losers: Contrary to the stereotype, there’s little evidence that internet dating is the last resort of social misfits or weirdos. In fact, quite the reverse. Internet daters are more likely to be sociable, have high self-esteem and…
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On Collaboration
Read more: On CollaborationSlate begins a series on creative pairs: Two is the Magic Number. The sensation of “mirror neurons” helped further dissolve the distinction. About 10 years ago, a team of Italian researchers showed that certain neurons that fire during actions by macaque monkeys—when they pick up a peanut, for example—also fire when they watch someone else…
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School Phobia
Read more: School PhobiaKids who really don’t want to go to school addressed in When a Doctor’s Note for a Student Doesn’t Help (NYT): The first time I realized I was complicit in school refusal, I didn’t even know the term. It was about a decade ago, and my patient was a boy who seemed to be spending his…
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Just a Coincidence
Read more: Just a CoincidenceNew at YANSS: The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy. The Misconception: You take randomness into account when determining cause and effect. The Truth: You tend to ignore random chance when the results seem meaningful or when you want a random event to have a meaningful cause. The fallacy gets its name from imagining a cowboy shooting at…